Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Darkness Dance. Enjoy the 900-word chapter. I don't own Destiny, Bungie and Microsoft do.
Savathun paced back and forth while 2 of her Knights held down Balint.
"You control powerful Light… Powerful enough to counter me." Savathun hissed before turning to Balint, he hummed.
"Well, it does come in handy… What do you want, queen bee?" Savathun turned away to register the words.
Bees were an Earth insect which had a caste system where the queen or ruler was defended by countless drones who work to maintain the hive. That matched the Hive mostly.
"I want my brother dead. I hoped I wouldn't have to come to the Sol System myself to do it. Oryx, Auryx, my brother has ruled the throne for too long. I refuse to allow my brother to covert such power for himself any longer… But a queen cannot checkmate a king alone." Savathun stated.
(Phobos Base)
The attack of Taken was swift and unrelenting. They had come from the shadows, shooting, clawing, swinging.
Ubara, Prince of Savathun's Hive, watched as a Cabal Carrier slammed down to the surface to the planet, flames erupting from it.
"Alert Malok." He ordered only for an Acolyte to speak up.
"He was Taken by Oryx." Ubara's 3 eyes widened, their queen would not be pleased her son had been taken by their enemy… Her brother.
(Titan. New Pacific Arcology)
Savathun roared in agony, smashing down a broken pillar as the Witch Queen writhed in agony.
"HE WILL DIE! I WILL RIP HIS SKULL FROM HIS BODY! I WILL SHRED HIS ASCENDENT PLANE, TEAR DOWN HIS THRONE REALM!" She turned to her servants and growled.
"RALLY THE GRASP OF NOKRIS! TELL UBARA TO ATTACK AS I PLANNED! HE TOOK MY SON?! I WILL TAKE EVERYTHING BELONGING TO HIM, IT IS NOW PERSONAL!" She roared as her men nodded and scattered, eager to avoid the wrath of the Witch Queen.
She stalked to Balint and knelt down till she was eye level to him.
"You slain Crota. His father is my brother and his death brought my sister. Oryx is here to take, corrupt the armies of this galaxy with his darkness till they are nothing but servants of his will… And now my son is forced to bend to his will… I will offer you a deal, light bearer. You alone have shown enough Light to resist my sorcery, you alone shall have my respect and attention." She looked at Balint who didn't look afraid of her.
"And that means?" He asked before Savathun turned and walked backwards.
"I am waging war with my brother. The Hive have slaughtered each other for centuries. My plan was to weaken Oryx's troops on Phobos and use the base as a beachhead to attack my brother's fleet directly… But it seems my brother was smart enough to outpace me, now I must handle this matter more subtly." She turned and paced as she plotted.
Without her son, she had lost her most loyal warrior and commander.
"You will lead my assault on Phobos and you will kill every Taken and Hive soldier until they surrender to me. I am heading to Earth…" Savathun ordered. Balint's eyes widened in shock.
"What the hell do you want with Earth?! I thought Crota and Oryx wanted Earth." Savathun hummed and tapped on his head.
"I need allies… You will help me, because it helps us both." Savathun said before Balint blinked through his helmet.
"What does the city get? What do I get?" Balint saw the Witch Queen recline on a broken bookstack before she hummed.
"You want information and peace… I will give you control of the Vex and Hive if you help me… But only if you help me." Balint heard from Savathun before he finally summoned his light which allowed him to climb to his feet.
"I trust you about as much as I trust me, and I don't trust me to not have a bigger plan at the end." Savathun grinned with amusement.
"You are smarter than I assumed… Yes, I do have my own plans, but none involve the Last City. They killed Crota, I am not stupid enough to believe I cannot be killed nor my sister… But I could make things harder for the last city… You help me, and I will give the Last City 3 allies with you at the helm of 2 of them. I wish to hold knowledge above all and be a goddess, you wish to… I will find out, lead the assault to Phobos and I will reveal to you some of my plans. I have more plans to finalize, my sister has entered the system and she has her own plans… I will speak to her on the moon." She stated before she teleported away and Balint turned to his ghost.
"Rev, you trust her?" The Ghost shook his head.
"I guess we don't have any choice… Let's go see what's on Phobos anyway, there's a distress signal." He stated.
Author Notes
Phew, another chapter done! I want to point out that Balint isn't supposed to be super strong, but Savathun isn't good at using her powers for combat. Next chapter will show Savathun's counterattack on Phobos with Balint, the start of the Taken War, Savathun's plans and goals… And her meeting with Xivu Arath, Goddess of war who's her sister in the game. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!