Consequences of the past
Chapter Two: Memories
A silhouette walking to me…
It says something…
Something that echoes through my mind…
"What are you doing, Mark?" asked Liz as she walked to Mark, who was sitting next to a pond.
"Just seeing the fishes. –Answered without looking at her- You know that it eases my mind"
"You know that you can always talk to me whenever you want"
"I know"
"Operator. The ship is approaching to the dojo. Get ready."
After hearing those words, Mark opened his eyes. By countless days, years even, he dreamed over and over again about the last time he saw Liz. A painful memory nonetheless. But this time, were different.
With a jump he got off the bed.
"As cold as ever, Cy" Mark said to the ship's particular Cephalon.
Walking to the cockpit, he encountered Kass still on the side turret with a bored face.
"What are you seeing?" asked Kass, coldly.
"Nothing. I see you didn't take a nap."
"I do not have the confidence to sleep when Kal is the pilot." Said with a bit of sarcasm.
Saying goodbye to her, he resumed his way to the cockpit. Entering there, he saw Kal at the comm network.
"What? Any news?" asked intrigued.
"No. I just received a call from Mother. Apparently, she wants to talk to us just after arriving to the hangar bay"
"Another mission?"
"I don't know, after the incident on Uranus with Regor, she has been weird."
"Yeah. It is like if she were afraid of something"
"Maybe we should just go and see what happens." Before Mark could go to check the ship motor's state, Kal asked something to him
"How was your nap?"
"I just had another dream"
"The same as usual?"
"No. This time I had a happy one. One that I would like to have again."
"Well. It's something"
"Yeah"
As if timed to cut the awkward atmosphere, Cy talked to them.
"Operators. The dojo is in sight. Prepare to descend."
"Cy's always timed and cold" remarked Kal.
"I can't get used to it. I miss Ordis sometimes."
"It is sad that orbiter's Cephalons can't leave them"
Sound of screams echoed through the hall, waking her up.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw an adult man trying to tie her to a work table.
"No! Leave me alone! Don't touch me!"
With inhuman force, she threw the man to the nearest wall, knocking him out.
"Anesthetize her! Now!" another man, with a profound voice yelled to the other men and women on the site.
"No! I said that you leave me alone!"
As she arose her hand, some kind of beam erupted from it, injuring the nearest woman.
Just when another man tried to knock her, the woman stood between them.
"No! She is confused! Leave her to me!"
Turning around, she faced the man that yelled before.
"Executor, leave this children to me. I'll find a way to tranquilize them."
"You have 1 day to do so. The have to testify for what happened to the colonial ship"
"Understood, milord"
"Operator Liz. We arrived the Dojo's hangar bay. Prepare to descend ASAP."
Those words took her back to the present time, something that make her fell from the bed.
Trying to realize where she was, she remembered all that happened just a few hours ago. After preparing herself, she went to the ship's exit, where the others were waiting for her.
With a stone-cold tone, she was received by Kass:
"Finally, the sleeping beauty deigns to appear"
"Kass, what did I told you?" remembered a tired Kal to her.
"Tch."
"Okay everyone –interrupted Mar- we need to leave the ship so Cy can make repairs to it"
"Liz, we need you to make a stop at the Dojo's arsenal so our gunsmith can check your weapons. You can wait for us at the dining hall."
"What are you guys going to do?"
"We will go to make the mission's report and talk to our clan master for something."
"Ok. Thank you for picking me up."
"Don't worry. See you later."
Liz suspired in front of a circular door. At the top of it were a display with huge letters:
Armory
Suddenly, she heard an echo
"This… Feel weird"
Liz raised her hands and inspected them. It appeared that it was covered by some sort of fabric. Something that felt like a second skin.
"This suit will help you ease the pain you feel daily."
"But, how?"
"Just close your eyes…
And dream"
"…there"
Someone was calling her.
"Hello there."
With a blink, she came back. What she saw made her realize this was her new reality.
Another tenno, walking on a strong Warframe with 2 horns, something like a skirt made with some really big butterfly's wings covered 2 goat-like feet. Tiny leaves covered the warframe's arms.
"Are you going to get in? Or you will just stand there watching."
"Oh. Sorry. I'm going in."
"Oh, well. That makes two of us."
She entered to the Armory and saw the tenno walk to a near foundry that was assembling something like a Shotgun with blue and yellow metallic colors.
Noticing her interest, he asked to her:
"So, what has you brought here?"
"Sorry. Someone called Mark said to me that I needed to come here and see the clan's gunsmith"
"Then that makes me blush" said the tenno.
"Why so?"
"I'm the gunsmith. My name is Bully."
The mission report with the clan master went without complications. After that, he just said: Someone is waiting for you on the other conference room.
Walking through the entrance, the room suddenly lit up with purple lights. In the middle of the room stood an unmistakable individual: The lotus.
"Welcome back, tenno. I knew you were the indicated to do that mission."
"Lotus…"
"Do not worry, tenno. This is just a projection. –after a small pause, she continued- So, how's our new family member?"
"Liz? She's good."
"Good. I need you to talk me about the mission."
There were some sort of awkward silence for a minute before Kal answered her question and talked about how easy it were.
"Well, it seems that she managed to survive by her own."
"But… Lotus… Why… did you pick us to this mission?"
"This is a talk that will need you to sit down."
After Bully checked the conditions of her weapons and praised her for the skill projected on her dagger; and talked to her about the weapon that were being made on the foundry, she made her way to the dining hall. He mentioned a weird name: Exergis. But, overall, she liked the characteristics that he mentioned.
In just one day she encountered with people that, for some reason, made her feel at ease. This is going to be fun, after all. She though, without knowing that all miracles, requires sacrifices.
"I choose you because you have one particularity, one that just you have and share, and one that will be very important in the future, my children."
"What are you talking about?" asked Kass.
"You already know, my Kass" she made a pause and, before continuing, the doors of the room shut down, locks activated. The tennos felt the sudden raise on the ambient's pressure.
"You have memories of the past."
"How do you know that?!" Surprise could be seen on the tennos just by the posture and how Kass got up with incredible speed, hitting someone that were standing behind them.
"Because I told her."
From the shadows, another tenno walked to them. With a Warframe resembling a monk, the Shadow Slayer's Clan Master made his entrance.
Author's Note: Well, that marks the end of the chapter. This one will come on two parts, so the first arc will have more or less 4-5 chapters. I'll take the events occurred on the second dream and kind of ignore the War Within ones. I liked the Adventure, but I see it as something that could happen to just one tenno. What I won't ignore is Elder Queen's death and Worm Queen's Kuva search.
Anyway, all comments are received; better if those comments have some advices.