Trinity, for once, seemed honestly impressed. Well, as impressed as the stoic Titan could ever could… Even if that only meant she had nothing to say in retort to the Hunter's actions.

The three Guardians carefully pulled back from their position and began looping their way around to where Xor had entered the ship. They ended up on the far side of the platform from where they had been, taking shelter behind a stack of large industrial-sized crates. Each of them keeping a close eye on the literal horde of Dregs only a few meters away.

"Hey Trinity, you gonna take point?", The Exo nodded to the Titan, obviously expecting the usual order.

"On the contrary, I believe it would be a more efficient strategy for you to take point yourself. You did say you managed to get through defenses and enter the vessel." Trinity peered around the crates that served as their cover, watching for patterns in the constant flow of the Dreg workers. Kei and Xor looked from each other to the Titan.

"Did she just?"

"I think she did…"

"Ha ha!", the Hunter exclaimed, throwing his fists into the air at the new development, "The reign of Xor-3285 has begun!"

Trinity was shaking her head, trying desperately to hide her amusement at the ecstatic Exo. She looked over once she had regained her composure, "Don't push it…" Her tone was serious but Kei was willing to bet that there might have even been a small smile under that rounded surface of plasteel helmet the Awoken Guardian wore.

Xor puffed out his chest, visibly taking a "deep breath" before letting it out and clapping his hands together once. "Now, down to business…" He rubbed his hands together and reached behind him underneath his cloak, pulling out a small cylindrical object, "Ok, now here's the fun part." Then without warning he threw the device on the ground causing it to explode in a weak almost invisible pale-blue shock wave, the wave itself only extending a couple meters before stopping and fading into nothingness.

Kei had trouble recognizing the change at first, then he suddenly noticed that he was all alone. "Trinity? Xor? Where'd you go?", he looked around searching for his fellow guardians as a feeling of panic began to rise in his chest. He stood up and peered around the pile of crates they had hid behind, placing his hand- His hand was gone… Kei looked down at his body and patted himself down, "No way…", The Warlock thought to himself.

"As you are probably figuring out, I have basically equipped you all with a kind of AoE active camouflage. *ahem* Patent Pending *ahem*", Kei rolled his eyes and looked around for the usual ripple of active camouflage. "Heh heh, Kei my friend, that kind of giveaway is old tech. This is my stuff, which I am letting you both borrow, but just this once. If either of you want to know where everyone is, all you two have to do is send out a pulse of light energy." Kei triggered a pulse of his light to flow out in a minuscule amount, immediately noticing pale-blue outlines of a Hunter and a Titan standing in front of him for a moment before their images faded and he was forced to send out another pulse to keep them visible. Xor's outline turned and began to walk around the crates, "Unless the Fallen over there have mastered Guardian tech and the like, I doubt they'll spot us. Just follow me and try not to run into anything this time."

Kei had to pulse his light constantly to keep pace with the other two guardians. Trinity was unusually silent as she crept along behind the Hunter, perhaps she was a little more impressed with Xor than Kei had first thought, however unlikely that may seem.

They wove their way through the busy landing platform, slipping between the dozens of Dreg workers that were constantly moving around the large space. Now facing away from the large doors to the base, Kei and the three guardians were met with a giant looming hole in an otherwise empty space, the large cargo space of the Ketch had been cloaked so that it was only visible from one angle. Now that Kei had seen it, he was beginning to have second thoughts, not that he was on the mission for his own enjoyment anyways.

Xor let out what Kei could only assume was an Exo's equivalent of a sigh, "Well…", he stated quietly, "Here we go guys…" With that he began to slowly step onto the wide boarding ramp of the alien flagship. Kei had to rend out several pulses in quick succession in order to keep up.


The whole point of the mission. The whole reason the three Guardians were risking their lives. Was because of both the Ketch itself, and the simply massive armada that was held inside of it. The three guardians made their way through several giant hangars, each held a vast assortment of Pikes, Walkers, and Skiffs. Each one the Guardians checked was fully stocked and loaded. This was an invasion Ketch, it housed the largest Fallen army ever recorded since the Collapse itself. This greatly worried the Guardians, if this mission failed. If one thing went wrong. This Ketch and the fleet it carried would very abruptly annihilate the Guardians along the last of Humanity.

They began to move faster through the ship, getting closer and closer to their destination: The ship's main engine bay. The engine bay was home to several large generators built of foreign Fallen technology. The three Guardians' goal was to set charges on the biggest one they could find, and then blow it sky high.

"Has anyone been in that Ketch on Venus?", Xor spoke up softly as they wound their way around a group of Vandals wandering the halls of the ship.

"I have been on several while responding to missions in the Reef against the House of Wolves. I have a vague sense of direction, but this Ketch is different, it is definitely a lot bigger than any other Fallen ship I have been on." The Titan said as she followed Kei's glowing outline closely.

Kei himself was too busy glancing around at the walls of the long hallways they were traveling.

Finally they stopped at a large circular door, not unlike the any others they had previously encountered. Xor stood and leaned up against the rusty metal frame, "Okay people", he said in a hushed tone. "The room behind this door should lead straight to the engine room. We get there, we can set the charges, and blow the ship." Kei and Trinity both nodded in acknowledgement.

Xor lowered himself so he could fiddle with the panel next to the door. Once again hacking the Fallen technology in a matter of minutes.

Hisssss...

"Oh Traveler's Light…"

The three guardians were frozen in place, staring in shock at the horde of Fallen Vandals and Captains that crowded the room. Along with the towering figure of an absolutely humongous Kell. It's helmet was adorned with gold and held the largest set of horn-like appendages the Warlock had ever seen. Every last one of them turned to stare at the door as it opened. Their eyes gleaming with confusion when they found the doorway empty. The Kell stood up and barked an order in the tone of the Fallen language. Two Vandals pulled out crackling energy swords and approached the empty passage.

"Nobody. Make. A sound…", Xor rasped to the other guardians as they slowly crept backwards. Kei watched as the two Vandals got closer and closer, trying to back up faster without making any noise. Then it happened, Kei accomplished something extraordinary.

He tripped…

As the Warlock reversed, he failed to notice that this was in fact a Fallen ship. The only place messier would be the rotten interior of a Hive vessel. His foot hit a small square storage container of either seeds. The Warlock crashed to the ground and effectively ruined his active camouflage, which flickered out as he lay on the metal floor of the Fallen ship. He sat up and glanced nervously between the two Vandals.

He hesitantly raised his arm and waved at them, "Heh heh… I was, um, just on my way out…"

The Kell on the far side of the room did not look pleased…