I promised you all a new chapter, and I delivered! Now here it is:

Every servitor has the potential to be a Prime Servitor. Within each servitor is a code that is apart of the old Prime, and if there is no Prime, but numerous lesser servitors one of them will activate the code and send a signal to the Archon Priests requesting them to encase it in another shell layer for protection until it reaches its full size, while the Ether generator inside of the Servitor expands to fill its new role as a Prime.

-Variks the Loyal

Shiro ran towards the approaching Cabal, firing his scout rifle from the hip, nailing one of the Legionaries in the head. That one fell to the ground clutching his throat as he suffocated to death and dying. He then ducked as another Legionarie used its jump-pack in its suit to leap towards him and bash him in the head. Shrio pointed his weapon and fired, but a Phalanx jumped in front of him and used it's shield to block the shot and then brought its shield down to slice him.

Shiro dodged and used a smoke bomb to turn himself invisible.

Ma'ungh watched as Shiro disappeared and shouted to his soldiers to keep their eyes open, especially on the ground. Intel stated that this type of Guardian was a Hunter and used one of three abilities, this one being the Void. One of their skills was turning invisible.

He scanned his surroundings, looking for disturbances and noticed that the dirt was being brushed up if front of him, as if something was running. He brought up his weapon and fired several shots. One of them missed, while the last two hit him in the leg, making Shiro visible and making him stumble a bit.

That was enough time for Ma'ungh to fire more shots at the Guardian. Shiro resumed running and jumped over the shots, then jumped again higher until he was right over the Cabal commander. He then landed on his head and used his cloak to blind the commander.

As the Ma'ungh swung his arms out to buck Shiro off of his head, the Exo unsheathed his knife and stabbed Ma'ungh in the neck, black liquid and air spraying out. He quickly unfurled his cloak and jumped off of Ma'ungh's head as the commander went down on his knees and the Guardian made a few more shots from his gun, getting two more Legionaries.

He figured with the death of Ma'ungh right now, the Cabal would be a piece of cake. He turned and expected to see the dead body.

What he didn't expect was for a very alive Ma'ungh flick his wrist, unleashing a white-hot blade from his gauntlet and brought it up to his neck, sealing the leak and searing some of his exposed skin. Ma'ungh got up and flicked his other wrist also releasing a white-hot blade and used his jump-pack and jumped right at Shiro!

He was so fast that Shiro barely had time to dodge as the blades swung right at him. He jumped back again and again as the Commander kept coming right at him. When he jumped back again he bumped into a Phalanx that shoved him forward right into Ma'unghs blades as it sliced right at his chest.

Shiro felt the pain across his chest, his pain subroutines letting off alarms as Ma'ungh brought both blades up and sliced downward. Shiro quickly jumped to the right and avoided the blades.

He jumped several times and went to cover behind some rocks. He checked the marks on his chest and saw that they were very hot to the touch. He popped his head out from behind and saw Ma'ungh make a running start, his forces behind him, watching as he leapt into the air. As he made the apex of his jump he hovered briefly then slammed right at Shiro's hiding spot, blades glowing hot. He dodged and rolled as Ma'ungh continued this several times when Shiro suddenly slid across the sand.

As he slid, he checked to make sure that Ma'ungh didn't take advantage of his mishap, but saw that Ma'ungh flew right back to his forces, his jump-pack smoking from extended use as they crowded around their leader and walked toward the downed Guardian.

Shiro got up but then lost his footing again. Shiro checked the ground below his feet and saw that the ground was glass. His optics checked the battlefield and saw several patches of the ground were also glass. He then quickly ran a replay subroutine in his eyes and cross referenced Ma'unghs bladed landings and the battlefield. The results came in.

Ma'unghs blades were so hot that the heat from them turned the sandy floor into glass, making travel over them difficult. He then saw regular sand some distance from him and jumped towards it, dodging shots from the approaching Cabal.

He landed and felt that his Light was ready to be unleashed in its full form.

He made a run towards Ma'ungh and his remaining forces and as he got closer he jumped into the air and activated his Shadow Shot.

The Void Arrow flew through the air and connected to Val Ma'ungh's chest. As it impacted Ma'ungh stumbled a step back and ropes of void energy tethered themselves to his allies around him. Shiro then fell back to the ground and used his rifle to make a headshot to one of those tethered. It connected and his target fell to the ground dead. His death caused a chain reaction. The death of one caused another to explode in Void energy, then another, then another, until the entire area was one giant ball of Void energy.

Shiro nodded at his handywork and was about to turn to continue the mission, until he noticed something within the blast. As the energies dissipated he saw it clearly.

It was Ma'ungh! His suit scorched and leaking but very much alive!

The explosion killed all of his allies, but he was made of much harder stuff. His suit sounded warnings about suit integrity failing and it made him angry.

How dare this insignificant ant lay low his forces and humiliate him. He was Val Ma'ungh; Leader of the Cabal forces on this planet, veteran of four planetary campaigns, and one of the cleverest tacticians within the Blind Legion!

Shiro saw that Ma'ungh was approaching him and transmatted his Strongbow-D shotgun from his inventory and started to unload buckshot into his approaching enemy while walking casually towards him.

One shot got Ma'ungh in the shoulder, but he kept coming.

Another got him right in the arm, leaking fluids from his damaged armor. Yet he still kept coming.

As Ma'ungh got closer he flicked his right wrist and his blade came out and prepared to skewer Shiro through his chest.

It was as he brought his arm up for the thrust that Shiro jumped right over his head, flipped in the air, pointed the barrel at the back of Ma'ungh's head and pulled the trigger.

He landed feet first onto the ground just as Ma'ungh fell flat to the ground minus his head. He then turned towards the dead body of the last leadership of the Cabal and nodded his head to a worthy opponent.

A huge groan sounded from behind him and he saw the huge doors to the Cabal fortress open its doors. He smiled.

Neo must have gotten the doors opened. He thought to himself as he checked his ammo and sprinted towards the interior of the complex to assist her.

He wondered if she was doing alright?

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Neo wasn't doing alright at the moment as she was pelted to the wall and slammed against one of the containers. She barely dodges a blast from Yavek's shrapnel launcher and moved to cover.

At first, everything went so well with the fight. She used her Semblance to make herself invisible so she could stab those Vandals closest to her in the back or make herself shatter when they get too close. She then attempted to use the sword part of her umbrella to stab Yavek in the leg making him kneel so she can aim for his face. But when she got close to his leg, he lifted it up and kicked right at her, shattering her illusion and sending her flying.

Luckily, she opened her umbrella and slowed her fall and managed to right herself. She shook her head and went back into the fight.

She used her semblance again, this time creating a duplicate of herself going to the right hoping to lure the wolves into following the illusion while she created a secondary illusion of her invisible to go to the left and plan her next move.

She made it three steps when a hot bolt of energy hit her square in the back and sent her flying. Luckily her Aura took most of the blast and she landed on her limbs. She looked up and saw Yavek approach and before she knew it he kicked her.

Which brought us to now.

She hid behind cover, making random shots every so often. For every bullet she shot of either her hand cannon or machine gun, ten shots from the wolves peppered her cover.

She used her semblance again to make an illusion of herself leaving her cover, but she heard Yavek shout something in his language and all of the Fallen ignored the illusion and ceased their firing.

"I shall switch to English for your benefit human." Yavek shouted for his place among his followers. "Your illusions are quite good and may have fooled my fellow wolves before. But they now know better, thanks to my eye."

Neo briefly poked her head out and saw the wolves down below with Yavek towering above them. She saw the scar on his face and saw it glow an eldritch energy.

"It was the Guardian Rose who gave me this scar, and this scar allows me to see any form of light, whether it be big or small, like yours, no matter how hidden it may be."

Neo's eyes widened in shock. That's how he was able to dodge her attacks each time. And the light he must be referring to must be my Aura.

So grossed was she with her thoughts she didn't notice a large yellow barrel soar over her head and land some distance behind her. She briefly saw the flame symbol among the Cabal script before it exploded, sending her out of her cover and flying out into the open.

He Aura took a big hit protecting her from the blast and the landing and flickered and went out around her body. She reached for one of her weapons, but a boot fell right onto her outstretched hand. A crack sound came from her hand and she screamed in pain, but only for a moment, not letting them have the satisfaction of her being in pain. She looked up into the eyes of one of the Vandals before it stepped back, bowing as Yavek approached and came into her field of vision. She felt his hand grab the back of her neck and encircle it and lifted her up into the air, facing him.

"You have given us a lot of trouble, for someone so small and not being a Guardian. After I kill you, I think I'll seek out Guardian Rose and use my new abilities on her… then kill her and smash her Ghost beneath my feet and place her head on my throne, right next to yours." He then proceeded to squeeze.

She gasped for air, kicking her feet trying to find some leverage to get herself out of his grip, but her movement started to get sluggish and her vision began to fade.

"Here's to my reignnnnAHHHHH!" Yavek shouted as he felt a blinding pain in his back. He released Neo from his grasp and used his now free arm to try and dislodge whatever that is that stabbed him in the back.

As Neo fell to the ground, she felt herself being caught by an invisible force that jumped once then twice until it made it back to cover. The invisible being lowered her to the ground and then became visible, revealing Shiro-4.

He placed his hand onto her shoulder and used his Light to heal her wounds. Neo felt the pain in her arm disappear and quickly took numerous breaths to get oxygen back into her system.

"What did I miss?" Shiro said as he brought up his arm and fired his weapon over cover without looking, hitting two Vandals.

Neo brought up her Scroll and quickly typed:

This being, Yavek is in charge of wolves.

Tried to hack grimoire system using Servitor, destroyed Servitor, machine that was used still functional and behind you.

Yavek can see through my illusions and claimed to see Light.

Shiro processed this info quickly and methodically. Knowing that the Grimoire was hacked is bad enough, but there is a slight chance that any info in the machine can be recovered, he turned to the machine and brought out his assault rifle and emptied it into the machine. It quickly sparked then exploded into numerous pieces. He then looked to Neo, "Ready for round 2?" She looked to her wounds that were now healed and reloaded Super Good Advice and nodded.

They got out of cover and unleashed their wrath.

Neo aimed at two Vandals one the left and riddled one with bullets and another with a headshot, while Shiro used his rifle to hit several in the head then lobbed a void vortex grenade into the melee and caught several in its radius. Neo switched her machine gun for a grenade launcher and launched several of them at the remaining wolves with a majority of the one she shot hitting Yavek.

One caught him in the chest and he stumbled backwards followed by another hitting him in the legs, making him stumble and fell towards the ground.

Yavek felt the energies of both Shiro's void grenade and the grenade all across his chest and legs, Ether leaking from his wounds, he took several breaths and looked on as the last of his followers perished at the hands of the two before him

"I have survived countless battles between my House and others." Yavek said as he got up from the ground. "I have survived the Reef Wars and the Prison of Elders." He rose up to his full height towering above Neo and Shiro as they stared at him. "I have survived even the White Rose herself…I WILL SURVIVE YOU TWO!" He shouted as he spread both his arms wide, his voice echoing through the cavern shaking it to its core.

Suddenly the cavern shook.

The drilling through the cavern that the Cabal made to make this base, plus the battles between the Cabal and Wolves, along with the battles between Neo and Shiro have destabilized the roof of the cavern bringing it to the verge of collapsing on itself. It only needed one more vibration to complete it. And Yavek's shout pushed it over the edge.

Small bits of rock started to fall all around the cavern ground, followed by stalactites and huge boulders raining down. The cavern shaking releasing more rock.

Shiro grabbed Neo before a boulder crushed her and teleported a quick distance up the ramp and to an overhanging walkway to shield themselves.

Yavek, however was wadding through boulders and dirt, his upper arms shielding his head as he sought his own shelter. Rocks bruising his arms adding to his already existing injuries releasing more ether from his body and one stalactite piercing one of his vestigial horns causing him to roar in pain. That roar caused a big section above him that was already passed the point of instability to unleash more rocks and dirt on top of him, burying him under a ton of rock that even a Fallen of his size won't be able to survive.

The cavern shook for a final time and ceased. The once vast cavern filled with tech of both Fallen and Cabal were buried under many feet of dirt and stone. The only things that weren't buried were the ramp leading to the huge door and the walkway shielding Shiro and Neo. They brushed off the dirt off of their shoulders and surveyed the after effects.

Takai floated towards the rubble and performed a quick scan.

"No life signs detected, save for a few traces of ether flowing through. I think he may be finally dead."

Shiro nodded as Takei faded away. He turned to Neo. "Well we finished what we came here to do. Destroyed the leadership of the Wolves and as a bonus, prevented them from stealing our secrets. That's a good day to me."

Neo, despite being tired and a bit bruised nodded before being interrupted.

"Yavek may be dead and the machine destroyed, but the threat is far from over."Variks said over the radio.

Shiro tuned to the frequency and said, "What do you mean Variks? We killed their Kell, they have no leaders left."

"Save for their Prime Servitor! As I was saying to Miss Neo before, the Servitor that was in charge of hacking your Grimoire System was Orbiks-13. I know for a fact that Summers friend, Prometheus-23 destroyed the last of the Orbiks Servitors, Mecher Orbiks-11 many years ago on Venus. And the only way that another Servitor of the Orbiks line is made is if the progenitor of their line is still functional hence I have no choice but to admit that Wolves Prime Servitor; Orbiks Prime is alive and fully functional."

Shiro let that sunk into his mechanical brain of his and calculated. If the Prime Servitor is still around, then it has the potential of making more servitors thus increasing ether production which would make the Fallen more powerful and thus dangerous.

He turned to Neo and said "You're two for three on the Wolf leadership, willing to make it three for three?" Neo responded by taking out her grenade launcher and loading one into the barrel, nodding.

And so, they turned to the huge doors behind them and entered, hunting the last leadership of the House of Wolves. As they left they didn't notice the rubble behind them start to shift.

And that ends this chapter. For those of you wondering, the Grimoire quote at the beginning of this chapter is my interpretation of how Prime Servitors are made and not canon. I just wondered since there were numerous lesser servitors of Kaliks, Simiks and Sepiks, I just wondered if it was possible for any one of those has the potential to be a new Prime. I only have two chapters left before this story is over and I'll focus on Iron Rose Shorts, so I'll try to get those out before Forsaken drops. And in the event that I do not...it's because I'll be shooting that Awoken Douchebag Prince in the face numerous times! See you next time!