The Warlock
"True power lies in knowledge, in understanding"
A small research facility, 120 miles north of the last city
Atem stared down at the rifle in front of him, he'd been trying to reverse engineer Vex weaponry and apply it to weapons of the last city. So far progress had been slow
"Hm" he hummed to himself thoughtfully
"Hm?" His ghost, Mahad, answered
"Hmmmm" was the only response
"I enjoy these talks of ours" Mahad said
"Yeah yeah whatever you say" Atem replied as he messed with the rifle for the umpteenth time that day
Vex technology was tricky to say the least and unpredictable and dangerous at worst, which is why he had to do his experiments way out here in the middle of nowhere
There'd been a few incidents when he'd tried it in the city, small incidents, nothing serious
Just a few vaporized buildings is all, they'd been empty anyway
Probably
"Maybe if I…." Atem trailed off and messed with the gun some more
It was a cannon off a vex goblin that he had converted into a pulse rifle. But it kept shorting out after the initial burst. Something about the strange vex liquid that powered them was rejecting the rifle it was now housed in
After even more fiddling, Atem nodded and picked up the gun "ok lets see if this works" he said to himself and loaded a magazine into the rifle. He turned and aimed at the target on the other end of the lab
Saying a brief prayer to the traveler, as well as any other godly beings that might be listening, Atem took a deep breath and pulled the trigger
The gun fired off a rapid burst of three rounds of a bright white plasma like substance. And it didn't explode and kill Atem, that was a nice bonus
The rounds hit the wall and partially melted the solid stone with a loud hiss before fizzling out
"Hell yeah!" Atem shouted to his ghost "I'm a fucking genius!"
Suddenly the wall behind him exploded
The blast tossed the warlock across the room and into the wall he'd just used as target practice "Ow… what just happened Mahad?" He asked his ghost
"Vex! Vex signatures detected!"
"It never rains…" Atem said and stood, looked at the new hole in the wall, which currently had vex goblins pouring in through it. He quickly aimed his new vex tech gun at the goblins and gave his visitors each a burst of superheated energy
The results were exceptional, with the metal frames of the vex melting away and breaking down as they were hit
Before Atem could once again pat himself on the back a vex minotaur warped in front of him
"Uh oh" he said and quickly blinked across the room before it could hit him
Seeing more vex pouring in through the hole in the wall he decided his gun wasn't going to cut it
"Is it too much to ask to use the damn door?!" He shouted and brought forth the light within him, erupting in a blast of void energy that disintegrated all vex around him
He turned toward the opening and proceeded to void warp to it, taking out another ten vex goblins that were trying to come through it
Finally getting a good look at the attacking force he saw quite a few vex
He gathered as much void energy as he possibly could, focusing it into his right hand
"Get out of my fucking lab!" He shouted and launched it all out in a massive nova bomb. The orb slammed into the center of the vex force and exploded in a great bright light that disintegrated all vex in it
When the dust settled, all that was left were spare parts. Atem nearly collapsed, he'd nearly used up all his energy
"Well, looks like the vex have taken an interest in my work" He told his ghost as it energized him
"Yes, and out of concern for your, as well as my, well being I suggest we move back into the city" Mahad said
"Yeah I think that's a good idea I want to show this new gun to the vanguard anyway" Atem agreed and the duo walked towards their ship
"Hopefully this will show Ikora i'm not as reckless as she thought I was, might even get my room back" Atem chuckled as they flew off towards the city