Thanks to the addition of Gur Yule, the Hyekka Master, the Felguard now had a chance to find feral Kavats and tame them into the Hyekkas, even the Felhiem members got to work building a area for both master and Hyekkas to use as for training and attuning, but Nor was not pleased. It was sure that it was wise to have some individual of the old reign join him in the battle, but it was also a problem with Gur, her eyes were decayed too far that she was rendered blind without her Hyekkas, and yet, during his time with Hek, he had seen a number of strange events happen with Gur's minor rants, her perceived 'foresight' an oddity that just meant that she was useless to some, but useful to him and the Felguard as he stood up and approached Gur as she motioned her Hyekkas to slumber before addressing Nor. "Oh great Lord, what can this elder help you with?"
"I just wish to see something, can you hold this?" Nor brought forth the arrow of the Stalker and Gur told it in hand and suddenly there was a shift, the Hyekka Master seeming to scream, but no words poured out as she relaxed and spoke.
"I feel him... the owner of this tool and his presence... disrupts my thoughts and clouds my mind... what hatred for a being of an Orokin standing..." Nor took the arrow and the atmosphere cleared as Nor spoke, the arrow returned to his belt for safe keeping.
"Your vision failing seems to have awakened some form of psychic power, something... abnormal..."
"...Am I of no use?" Nor shook his head as he explained.
"That is not it, you are an excellent Hyekka Master that I had the pleasure of knowing, but if your vision has affected you in some way, I would like to know for some of those have saved my life from time to time."
"I am glad..." She sat down with Nor's help and continued. "He hunts the Tenno in recent years, but the vague past of his is clouded to my vision, he hides what he once was as there is only one other like him who, despite time's bite, remains the same, but his presence... I cannot find it, he is elsewhere while this 'Stalker' hides in a far darker place that I cannot perceive."
"Rest now, I have asked what was on my mind and you have answered with great truth." The Master nodded as she dozed off to sleep, Nor heading back up to his chambers and shelving the arrow before having the machines strip him of his armor, his thoughts rampant once more.
'So the Stalker is related to the Orokin, but in what way?' These thoughts occupied his mind as the armor came fully off, his body doing little in hiding his slender, yet muscled self as he walked over to his bunk and got in, his body looming to slumber with the ending of his thoughts for the moment. 'Well, regardless of what it is, it has no connection to the Felguard and, in extension, no connection to me...'
Nor awake to something else, a plane of nearly emptiness and looked to find his body was bleached to a tone of blue as he stood up and looked about, his voice not finding purchase in the void, but it was beyond his mind as he started to walk, the ground motioning like water as voices echoed in muddled sound, blocked out by the water like it was running and in the way of the sound.
'...they've done...'
'...time...'
'...rotten...through...'
'...why...'
The voices echoed the sound still as Nor started to block it out, his cupped hands easing his mind as the space started to fade, his thoughts asking if it was real or a fragment of the mind...
Nor started as he rolled out, combat-ready before his breath found purchase and his eyes found his quarters before he spoke to himself, sitting down on the bunk. "What type of dream was that and... who were the voices...?" He rubbed his temples before checking in with Wraith. "Wraith, I need a way to ease my mind now, my rest was... affected in some way."
"I would inquire what happened, but this is not the time, the troops have gone into a bit of a riot, hearing about your confrontation with the Stalker, worse of all, Sergeant Tiez has made a number of arguments against you on the grounds of fighting." Nor looked puzzled as he asked.
"How so, Heretek?"
"She has claimed that a true leader would not leave out details of their missions and that they must have an entourage to aid them in the fight if it came to that." Nor walked over to the armory as Wraith continued. "Should I inform her otherwise to reject these claims?"
"No..." Nor said as the machine came to life and the pieces fitted into place, his weapons loaded up from the main weapon stockpile. "Have the Sergeant meet me in the hanger bay with your new mission, she and I will be tackling the mission as allies."
"Yes, Milord." Nor breathed as this would work on both parts, Tiez's honor will be appealed, Nor's mind will be at ease, and the men will hear of the success or failure of the mission, a simple mission to capture a key member of the Corpus as he had been sighted with the larger Galleon back on Mars before relocating to a site on Venus...
The shuttle was quick in the offload as Tiez and Nor readied their weapons and looked about as the shuttle took off, the comms wired to the Galleon in advance. "Are you sure that the Heretek's data is accurate, Milord?"
"Wraith has yet to let me down and, though he is the relay of the data, it is both the Minds in Felheim and the Galleons that dig up all the data, ranging from minor documents to profiles of even the most known foes, whether they are Grineer, Corpus, Infested, or even Tenno." Nor waved a hand in signal, Tiez trailing behind him as they press on into the outpost, Nor peering over to see the Corpus patrols, minor, but still a threat as if they alarm the outpost, the target will escape. He sheathed his Hind for the Machete as Tiez followed his lead and switched to her Sheev. "Use the snow and ice to your advantage, take them out one at a time and if a patrol finds you, use their own against them, no rounds as we enter through silence."
"Acknowledged, Milord." The pair scattered and hid, the Corpus no wiser as the Grineer killed any that got too close without mercy before they moved on in, Tiez ripping a Moa, bot from the legs as Nor moved on in, their silent advance successful as he returned the Machete, the Heavy Gunner close behind as she inquired. "What is the plan now?"
"We now scare them, cause them to panic from an attack from the inside, use the Gorgon to start mowing through the Corpus forces and follow me through as we strike, this will open up the target to our strike, is that clear?" Tiez saluted and they dashed it, the security minor compared to out in the cold, Nor understanding as this was the last place to search for a target during a conflict going on and left them little need to use their main weapons, both peering around a corner and spotted their target, a elderly figure with a familiar mark on his shoulder, a guardian proxy beside him, as he discussed some things with the members in the room, a major patrolling before Nor smiled. "Sergeant, let's clear the room and catch that old man, he's got our answers."
"Now this is going to get a hellva lot more exciting!" The rev of the gun signaled the crews to the Gunner, but it was far too late as she unleashed her power across the room with Nor sprinting under the fire and toward the man who started to run as the Moa targeted him and aimed its weapon, a railgun and fire at an empty space as Nor slid to the side and fired a burst in the Moa before sweeping under it and blasting a few more rounds before he zoned in on the man and booked it with Tiez close behind as the Corpus counter failed fast, Nor aiming and blasting a few rounds into the man's leg, blood seeping out onto the metal as the pair caught up. "Weak, you would think they would have better tools to break."
"Not too reckless, I hope, now pluck this fool up and let's move!" The Gunner nodded and she slung on the member onto her shoulder after a resounding punch to the gut and Nor called it. "Shuttle, we need extraction, give us a zone."
"Out of the base a little ways from the main structure, the shuttle will be there to pull you from the fire."
"Roger." Nor cut the channel and motioned Tiez to follow as she dashed it to the front, the commander priming his Hind and taking out reinforcements quick from both sides of their departure before they leapt out into the snow-capped landscape again, the shuttle flying in and settling onto one of the metal platform and they headed toward it, activating the elevator and going up as the Hind rounds continued until it run out and Nor fired one final shot from the Marelok before boarding the shuttle, the Corpus defenses not quick enough as Nor spoke to their knocked-out captive. "Now that we got our target out, let's see what he has in hiding from the rest of the system..."