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"What!?" the chieftain yelled in anger, his wrath far outweighing his pain. His right eye was split in two, blood running down his face as he scoured his now-destroyed camp.
Vectus swatted the thing off his arm with a strong swing, blood erupting from『Periphery』's mollusk as it was demolished.
『Periphery』's frontal legs were bent upwards, it's spire had been chipped from the top allowing blood to flow down to its panels. The panels were cratered, its top right and bottom right panel were close to falling off while the bottom left panel had revealing holes that showed the internal beam cannon. The cannon had been annihilated, wires were ripped apart and sparking with bright purple and blue lights. pieces of the cannon were broken and lodged inside the things' interior.
*BWAAGH*
『Periphery』's mollusk yelped in pain as it was thrown at one of the destroyed tables, Vectus then activated 『Big Blast Sonic』 to end the mollusk completely. But before he could, a swarm of 『Periphery』's creatures grabbed the wounded mollusk and fled, burrowing into the ground, leaving the chieftain and the wounded elites alone. Vectus, now especially angered by what he saw could only fire down into the sand below.
*KISHAWW**KISHAWW**KISHAWW*
The warlord roared in anger as he continued firing down below. But, it would do no good to him as his actions did little to nothing.
'Impossible! They told me I was the only one with this power! ME!'
Vectus focused his attention now on finding the last Sangheili that escaped his assault, his one good eye now peering into every little detail. He had to finish this battle now before the rest of the covenant forces came here.
His attention then came to where the missing elite was, what he found there annoyed him. A hole large enough to fit the warlord was all that remained from the last location of the bastard.
Vectus didn't have time to deal with this enemy now, as long as he lived, he'll recover from his loss.
So the warlord bolted, leaving the wounded warriors of the covenant behind. He would then try to save his party from destruction if he got to the ship in time, Vectus would never admit to any of his members, but they were the closest thing he had to a tribe ever since his family was erased by the covenant onslaught years ago.
Back then he was a child who could only watch as destruction befell his kind. That day was perhaps the loudest day Vectus had ever experienced. He, his tribe, and many more felt their spirits being crushed by the overwhelming weight and rule of the covenant until very little remained.
His homeworld, Doisac, was spared.
Those who didn't fight were spared, but he knew, his tribe died that day, all the tribes died that day.
He would never forget that sense of brutality, that kind of murder. It followed him and molded him, forming and manifesting into 『Big Blast Sonic』.
That's all the warlord needed to win, was to escape, and rescue his party.
But nothing like could ever be said that it was easy, as Vectus was making his escape, rows of plasma beams assaulted his left foot from underneath the ground, cripling him and causing him to fall face first in the sand.
"GRAAGH!" the warlord howled in agony as holes of melted flesh and burned fur now settled. Vectus roared "Come out at once you bastard!" with his weapon in hand and waited for the right moment.
The wait for the assault felt like years to the warlord, the distant sounds of fighting echoing through the camp made him all the more frantic as time was running out. Before long, Vectus began crawling towards the exit of the mess hall area of the camp when he was attacked again. This time, 『Periphery』's creatures revealed themselves and started firing from pockets in the sand.
Vectus dodged with all of his might, rolling and using cover as best he could. But beams were many, he couldn't evade them all. While most of them hit Vectus' armor as a way to chip away at the exterior, his arms and legs took a portion of the punishment too. His forearms had burns running up to the under armor which had protected him somewhat, his left leg was damaged completely. The beams had cut a swathe on the legs' skin and flesh, so much so that they had created gashes that one see the scenery from the other side and vice versa.
The warlord was running out of options, he could try and take one of the injured elites hostage as a means to lure his opponent out in the open, but with how hurt he was, he was sure to be overpowered in no time. As he weighed his options 『Periphery』's creatures began to appear from the sand once more as they gave Vectus a warning.
"Surrender, Surrender, Surrender!" they all spoke in what the warlord could describe as a high-pitched, but a monotonic command. With 『Periphery』's beam cannons trained on him, he could only do one last plan.
『Big Blast Sonic』vanished as it went back into the warlord's being, Vectus looked at the creatures below him as some of them had turned off their weapons, the panels closing shut as they watched him. A few seconds passed before he saw the one person that had caused his agony.
Josi 'Vadamee had arose from the desert, the back of his battle harness covered in sand, his front oddly enough didn't have a speck of sand particles on him. The frontal harness had the obvious holes from where Vectus had hit him, stains of his blood from where he was bleeding, his right thigh strained, droplets of blood leaving the gash of his wound as Josi set his right foot forward, towards Vectus and began to spoke.
"Stay right where you are and make no sudden moves!" Josi roared "Don't think that I don't know what you are planning!" he continued, looking around the battlefield. He knelt down, then activated his communications system in his battle harness. "This is minor Josi 'Vadamee from Lance A, We have the target apprehended! Lance A has taken significant losses! requesting immediate support from Lances B and C, over."
The Ultra in command then responded from his phantom "what happened to the major of your lance?" he spoke with in low voice. "The major and what is left of the lance is wounded while the rest have perished, sir!"
'It's now or never!'
Vectus finally made a move, he had stolen one of the major's plasma grenades, and had kept it hidden inside of his medallions, he had it in his hand as he was about to throw it!
"Here's something special, split-jawed freak!" he yelled as he hucked it square on the elite's chest. 'I got him!' the warlord internally yelled in victory as he waited for his opponent to be turned into a mess of heated flesh and bone!
But that time never came, as the grenade never went off.
"W-WHAT!"
Josi looked at the panicking warlord and then continued speaking on his comms device "Yes sir, the target will be dead shortly." he turned off his comms device and then shot a look at the warlord. Anger now completely formed in his eyes.
"You're probably wondering why I'm not dead, I'll fill you in, 『Periphery』can manipulate all forms of plasma, from beam weapons on ships to shielding technology in my harness," he said as he rubbed his hands on his blue armor then ripped the plasma grenade off of his chest. This action revealed to Vectus why it never went off. 『Periphery』's head controller had taken entered the grenade before it blew up.
『Periphery』's controller was a tad larger than its compatriots, even though some of the creatures looked similar to it. It had two sets of three eyes that were embedded symmetrically on the lower ventral surface of the body, all of its eyes glowing yellow towards the chieftain. It had tentacle-like appendages on the side of the thing that moved outward, manipulating the plasma in the grenade so that it wouldn't explode.
"Sadly, It can't manipulate sand, never liked the stuff, to begin with." Josi then pointed towards the chieftain "you're gonna pay for all those people you killed, you ape!" with that, Josi and his 『Periphery』attacked the chieftain in rapid succession, from Josi's plasma rifles to the beams from 『Periphery』ripping Vectus apart, his body melting and chunks of his flesh flying off his bones and said bones breaking and cracking.
"ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA!" 『Periphery』's battle rush continued before Josi tackled the brute and placed the grenade square on his forehead, he backed away and allowed the head controller to leave the orb.
"DAMN YOOOU!-"
The grenade exploded enveloping the warlord in light as most of his body evaporated from the heat, Josi looked at what remained of the brute, his upper body from his pecs up towards where his head used to be was vaporized, revealing only his mangled spine, his arms had been thrown from the force of the blast to either side of his corpse. His lower body had been ripped to shreds. Done with seeing the grizzly sight, Josi made an attempt to make it back to the rest of the wounded warriors of the lance.
But he didn't make it far.
"Minor? What happened here!? How did you beat him!?"
The three wounded elites found Josi with the dead body of the warlord next to him, the major began questioning Josi, and while they didn't say it, they all saw the battle and the ending to it.
'I'm going to dread these next few moments…'
EoG
The battle was a success in the eyes of the Ultra commander, although he wasn't there to witness the warlord's demise which he would have relished to have done so himself, he took solace in one Josi 'Vadamee, the minor that had killed Vectus as a wonderful example of the covenants' prowess in battle. The confirmation came from the three surviving elites who saw the elite stand proud against the ravenous warlord.
With Vectus dead and his war party being annihilated, the hostage was saved and the artifact recovered. The warriors of the Eloquent Destruction could now rest and tend to their wounds. With questioning being completed by the survivors the commander left the four alone. Pleased with the results for the shipmaster and the prophet aboard the Eloquent Destruction to peruse with the results of the operation. As for Josi, the ultra then commended his tenacity and courage and told him that he would have the honor to present the forerunner artifact to the prophet and the shipmaster for his victory, including obtaining a promotion from the two personally.
As he left, the three looked at Josi, with Josi looking back at them, he then gathered his belongings and made his way to one of the Phantoms, before the major called out to him.
"Wait!" he said, causing Josi to turn abruptly to the major "Yes sir? do you need anything else, sir?" Josi spoke with a cautious tone allowing the major to speak up, "I don't think it's my place to say what really happened, but beyond all of that, I just want to say, thank you."
The major looked at the two other minors, both stared at him and Josi. Josi remained stone-faced as the major's well-meaning words continued "Even though there were casualties in the battle, especially with an unknown foe like Vectus, I would like to know one last thing before I let you go," the major now looking at Josi in the eyes and spoke "I would like to know how long you had that power! I had never heard of such a thing!" the major continued allowing his internal thoughts to come to light.
Josi spoke up "I've had it since birth, but I don't know how I got It." Josi activated 『Periphery』, the swarm stood beneath his feet allowing himself to pick up its head controller from the sandy ground, then peered fondly as it looked at him, Josi continued "It's always been with me, but when I was younger I didn't know It was with me the whole time, but it saved me from a lifetime of regret." with that the major was silent before wanted to one last thing.
"We never introduced ourselves on the phantom, what's you're name?"
"Josi 'Vadamee, and you?"
The Sangheili made a proud salute, allowing his clenched hand on his chest, and spoke "My name is Rtas 'Vadumee." Rtas then gestured towards the two minors "those two are called N'tho 'Sraomee and Usze 'Tahamee." the two made a similar salute as a gesture of goodwill to Josi with him responding in kind. "We would relish the chance of entering battling with you, Josi" Usze spoke in a soft voice, while N'tho was the opposite, as he boasted "I would be overjoyed if we did battle together!"
Josi looked at the two minors with a surprised look and then smiled "Well if you want me, then who am I to refuse!"
"All warriors! prepare to leave the planet at once!" the ultra radioed on the communications equipment ordering the warriors to gather their things.
As the warriors made their way to board the transport ships the minor prophet stole glances at Josi, as he used 『Periphery』to clean up Lance A's gear. As if he could see it too.
Authors Notes
Rtas and the Party are revealed! Vectus is dead and the objectives have been completed. Josi's stand design is inspired by the Reapers from Mass Effect. As always be sure to leave a comment in the comment section and have a good week!
