Hello everyone, Fireteam Nero is back again with a new update. We would like to apologize for this one taking a while but we were busy with stuff in real life. Anyway a few responses to the comments you guys have left.

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Cayde sat in his ship, reaching Mistral within good time. Luckily, the coordinates Sienna Khan gave Ghira Belladonna were actually true to the last dot. Now all that was needed was to land, and get face to face with the boss herself. But what was odd was that Sienna had "demands". Surely after that letter Ghira sent to her would have had something along the lines of "Till death due your soul partith your way"? But he just left it at that as he landed on a dirt runway on a hidden airfield.

As he felt his ship land, he unbuckled himself out if the pilots seat and looked back to see a…. sickly green Ghira Belladonna, and a rather annoyed Barloc. Much to his soon crushed amusement, he looked further back to his destroyed collection of miscellaneous collectibles. Burnt magazines, trash, and even some photo albums containing pictures of Summer's best pranks. The exotic and legendary guns were, thankfully, untouched, and he breathed a sigh of relief at the fact. Guess he ain't that monstrous after all. Still wish those Playboy magazines I had weren't burnt though... Cayde thought morosely to himself.

Ghira immediately ran outside to barf out the lunch his wife forced him to eat. Kali forced Ghira to eat extra servings to make sure he didn't need to eat when he comes home. Sadly she didn't pack the antacids, because with how Cayde flies, he seriously needed one now.

Barloc, on the other hand, didn't even bat an eye, as if this was just a normal drive to him. He did, however, notice the expression on Cayde's face. "Is there a problem Cayde?"

Cayde looked him in the eyes. "You just had to go for the magazines, didn't you?"

"They're garbage." Barloc stated as a matter of fact. "I care not for a gallery display of such nature." As the three transmatted from the ship, Ghira quickly ran to the bushes to throw up. A few seconds later he came back from the bushes.

"Do you always fly like a hooligan in that thing!? You could have made me drown in my own vomit!" Ghira furiously shouted at Cayde.

"No, it's just that I really want to get this done and go home." Cayde said without a blink of an eye.

"Fear not Mr. Belladonna, it's precisely for reasons like that that I'm here." Barloc stated as he glared at Cayde.

Cayde, who remembered Barloc's words from the schools hanger, just sighs in annoyance.

"Seriously! I'm a damn full grown man! I can handle myself fine!" Cayde said in protest.

"Remember the Reef..." Barloc whispered into Cayde's ear.

"Yeah, yeah, I know." Cayde grumbled back in response, as they came before the White Fang hideout.

While a lot of the White Fang members wore the same uniform as those in Vale, their masks show as to what branch of the White Fang lieutenants they served to throughout the four kingdoms, with each and every one of them having a distinct variation to them. Vale's branch consisted of the beowulf masks, Vacuo's branch the boarbatusk mask, Mistral's branch the beringel mask, and Atlas's branch the taijitu mask.

The guards in front of them, however, wore the most important mask out of the four. Those working directly under Sienna wore sphinx masks, and were considered the toughest of the White Fang, along with being the highest honor compared to being promoted to captain in any of the other branches.

"Are you Cayde-6 of the Vanguard?" asked a white fang guard.

Cayde puffed his chest out, and put his hands on his belt.

"Yes, I am the great Cayde-6. Now please take me to your leader?" Cayde asked.

The second one nods.

"Please follow us." the second Guard said. They watched them walk down a dimly lit path that wove through the trees.

"Well that's not threatening at all." Cayde said, as Barloc and Ghira simply stared at him.

"What?" Cayde, confused as to why they're giving them those looks. Ghira and Barloc continued to look at Cayde, as if it was obvious what they were thinking. Cayde then sighs.

"Fine" Cayde said, throwing his hands into the air in exasperation. They started to walk down the path as well, and eventually they came to a building, the guards opening the door. As they they entered the odd structure, they came into a sort of waiting area before the throne room doors.

"Huh, never thought I would meet Emperor Palpatine." Cayde jokes to himself a little too loudly.

"Shut it." Barloc chided, unwilling to start up trouble already.

They were then approached by a Faunus with a pale complexion, a tuft of black hair and a komodo dragon tail wearing what can only be described as monks robes.

"Welcome Chieftain Ghira of Kuo Kuana, Cayde-6 of the Vanguard, and guest." he said gesturing to each in turn.

"Hey…" Barloc mutters back callously in response.

The monk continued. "I am Shen, member of the White Fang and Chamberlain to High leader Khan." He then gestured to a table to his right.

"Before meeting with High leader Khan, protocol dictates that guests must relinquish all weapons both on your person, " he gave a respectful smile. "Security reasons, I'm sure you all understand."

Cayde just brought his hands up in the air and started to unhook his blades from their sheaths on his arms and laid them on the table. He then reached into his boots and brought out a few more blades and a few side arms from their concealed holsters on said boots. Sundance reluctantly flew over to the table and gave a sigh, "You guys might want to take a seat." she said looking at Cayde remove the last knife from his person, "This could take a while…"

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The small table was completely swamped with weapons of all kinds. Assault rifles, scout rifles, hand cannons and even a few rocket launchers. Ghira had his eyes wide with the many weapons that can arm a small militia, the guards and Shen stared at them hungrily, while Barloc just rolled his eyes at the display. Cayde then placed the last of his weapons on the table and it started to creak under the weight of the four foot pile.

After unloading his weapons, Shen gestured to the great doors for the three representatives. As Cayde, followed by his two compatriots went towards the doors he said, "Don't touch my pile!" to the one of the guards that was inspecting the hoard, as they approached the doors leading to the throne room.

Sienna Khan could be described as many things. Cold, unwavering, ruthless, and strong. Years of leading the White Fang had made her a iron willed ruler, willing to use any means to make sure she came out on top. It had been effective for most of her career, which is why the prospective meeting with this "Guardian" made her ashamedly admit that she was a little afraid. For the first time in a while, Sienna found herself staring at a much bigger cat, with far sharper fangs. A position she was not used to.

However, she could not let such a petty fear cloud her judgement. She had to appear strong for the sake of herself and her cause. Settling herself down on her throne, and putting on her best poker face, she nodded at the guards at the door, indicating to them that she was ready. Both guards wordlessly pulled opened the double doors to the waiting area, allowing the trio outside to enter. And now, a war with words. Sienna thought to herself.

Cayde strolled into the throne room, flanked by Ghira and Barloc. The first thing he noticed was how nice the room was. Oh man, I gotta get the number of their interior decorator. The second thing he noticed was Sienna herself. Cayde had read the reports on her, but nothing could have prepared him for how she looked in real life. Cayde was just faintly aware that he was staring a bit slack jawed before a smack in the arm from Barloc snapped him out of it. Ghira spoke up first.

"Greetings, Sienna. I bring with me the Vanguard representative Cayde-6." He introduced with a slight bow.

"It's been a long time, old friend." Sienna replied. Her eyes then moved to Cayde. "So you're the famed Cayde-6?"

"That's me, in the flesh, well uh metal?"

"Charming, but you are aware that it was quite rude to make me delay this meeting by more than a few mere hours, yes?" Sienna had a slight smirk as she asked the question. You started this meeting on the backfoot already.

"Well sorry about that, official duties and all." Cayde replied, as Barloc narrowed his eyes at Cayde's obvious lie. "But now I am here, and I'll keep this brief for the both of us." Sienna raised an eyebrow. Cayde mentally prepared himself to go into "Business" mode. "Look, I doubt you aren't aware of the giant Vex invasion that happened recently, correct?"

"I am aware of the incident, and more." Sienna replied gesturing to a Vex Minotaur husk that was pinned to the pillar closest to her throne. "This one, along with several of what you called, Harpies, strolled right through my throne room to kill me. Several of my guards and fellow warriors perished before I dealt with it.

Cayde's respect for Sienna went up a bit.

Note to self: don't underestimate her.

"I see that you didn't take it apart to study it or sell it on the black market. Just a piece of a vex unit is worth at least 10,000 Lien." Cayde remarked. "And at least three times as much for a whole one."

"I didn't become High Leader based on my good looks. The risks far outweighed the benefits. Plus it's a good trophy to show those who are willing to join our cause."

Barloc coughed loudly enough for Cayde to hear.

"Right," he said getting back on track. "Unfortunately for you, me, and the rest of this planet, the murder bots are only the tip of whatever else might be coming at us."

"Indeed." Barloc added. "The Cabal are already attempting to peer into Remnant itself, as well as the Fallen houses. And don't get us started on the Hive. Many defense measures must be setup by then, of which we'll need the time, and perhaps the assistance to make."

"And what assistance do you seek from me?" Sienna said as she leaned back into her throne. "To call every single White Fang operative to cease their activities, lay down their arms and assist you in building these defenses? And in exchange you release our brothers and sisters in arms that you have imprisoned after the Breach and give us the equality that we've yearned!" She laughed dryly and narrowed her eyes. "No no, my kind have heard similar promises before in time's past. The last time that happened we were given Menagerie, a no-mans land with only 10% habitable living space!"

"This is more serious than you think, Ms Khan." Barloc reminded. "These alien races are nothing like the Grimm, as the Vex have shown. They're far more intelligent, and will do worse to Remnant than a few bigots who'll stick to their thoughts of racism. If you do not wish to assist, at least let us engage a truce until we're all safe from the threats to come."

Sienna gritted her teeth in frustration. As much as she hated to admit it, the White Fang did suffer quite a blow during the invasion. Three more invasions could not only mean the end of Remnant, but of the White Fang itself.

"We'll have to talk about that more later. Speaking of those prisoners you've captured during the Breach, specifically those loyal to Adam…" The tiger gritted her teeth as she spoke his name. "Do whatever you want with them. Throw them into the worst prison you have, let them serve as an example for those who side with him and against me."

Oh I have just the prison in mind for them. Cayde thought to himself, while Barloc cringed a bit. His helmet covered his reaction up though.

"Mistress Khan, might I suggest you take it easy on them?" Barloc inquired, as to build some moral grounds for the unspoken faunas. "Some of them may have just been too blind to see how horrible he was, or been unable to leave that branch of the White Fang out of fear."

"All the more reason." Sienna replied harshly. "Those who were blind were idiots, the ones who stayed out of fear were cowards, and everyone else is a traitor. If I kept such men in my employ, they would only be a hindrance to the White Fang later on. I did not build this organization up by being lenient towards my enemies, Guardian."

Barloc grimaced under his helmet. With the way things are going, I may have to sacrifice those innocent lives… she seems set on thinking they're all traitors.

"Then maybe it's time you start." Cayde piped up, much to the surprise of the entire room. "Look I've read about you, your organization, and the entire history of the Faunas on Remnant, yeah surprising I know." Cayde said towards a slightly stunned Barloc, given that books were never his thing. "I understand better than anyone that usually you just wanna to grab a gun and solve your problems, and trust me, I would love to join you on that. And maybe in the past that would have been fine. But not anymore."

Barloc stared at Cayde in surprise, not expecting to hear such maturity out of the Hunter Vanguard, before snapping himself out of the stupor. He looked back to Sienna. "By fear, I meant fear for others, Sienna. Some faunus had been revealed to have been held hostage, or put into a inescapable situation, and only kept alive by a deal struck by the White Fang branch. Imagine what lives would've been lost, should those deals be broken? What lives may have been ruined?"

Sienna seemed to pause, and Barloc pressed on knowingly with the assistance of Cayde, intending to have her see reason. "An example of such is Tukson, a local bookstore owner who made a deal with the White Fang branch in Vale. He was found dead in his store after attempting to defect from Adam's branch, by assassins of which we can safely presume were sent by Adam." Sienna slumped back into her chair, her eyes closed, head resting on her fist.

"I… I knew Tukson." Sienna sighed. "He was a friend when we were children. I did not know of his passing or even his involvement."

"Do you see reason then Mistress Khan?" Barloc asked, "If Tukson was just one, think of how many more there could be? We came here today with the intention of figuring out how to establish peace and prosperity for all of Remnant's inhabitants, and I believe that it can start by fixing what has gone wrong with the White Fang itself." Barloc waited for Sienna's response. She took a deep breath and then sat back up, eyes renewed with vigor and purpose.

"When I first took this chair, I wanted us to be a protection force for suffering faunus. I believed that if force was necessary, then it should be used, but only as a response. What Adam has done is turn us from a shield into a sword, and the snake had managed to keep me blind with his false reports and honeyed words. However, that ends here today."

Sienna got up from her throne and approached Cayde and Barloc. "You say you come with the intention of establishing peace, and to that you have my agreement." Cayde gave a slight smile at her words.

"Alright!" He cheered while Barloc just stared daggers into his soul.

"But, you also mentioned that I should show compassion, leniency, towards Adam's faction. What would you suggest I do?"

"My suggestion is we scrub it clean." Barloc replied. "We figure out who was a victim and ensure their lives and safety. As for the irredeemable or the truly guilty, well, Cayde has a solution for that."

"Yeah, they'll get to know my friend Variks very very well." Cayde had a wicked gleam in his eye when he said that.

"And the Guardians will support any endeavor to deal with the faunas discrimination that runs rampant in this world?" Sienna inquired.

"Within reason, but yes, we will." Barloc assured her.

"Trust us on that one." Cayde added, "I'm a robot, my boss is a blue skinned juggernaut, and the Variks I mentioned? He's got four arms. If there's one thing we've already dealt with in our world, it's discrimination. No time for such things when the enemy is always at your doorstep." Sienna smiled at Cayde's words.

"If that is so, then let us proceed onto more important matters. Now then what-" Sienna's words were cut short by the door to her throne room flying open and,

"Adam?..." Cayde, Ghira, and Barloc spun around and widened their eyes in shock. Before them standing in the doorway, was a very much alive, and very not decapitated, Adam Taurus.

"Hello, Sienna." Adam began walking towards the group while everyone was still too stunned to speak. Ghira found his words first.

"This is impossible, you're dead!"

"Cayde something's wrong." Sudance's voice echoed in Cayde's mind.

"Yeah I can tell, dead guy walking here." Cayde replied as he saw Adam approach closer and closer. Then, a glint in his hand caught Cayde's eye. "Look out!" Cayde shouted as Adam swiftly threw the dirk hidden in his hand, right at Sienna Khan.

"NO!" Cayde spun and watched as Ghira leapt sideways in front of Sienna, the dirk entering his shoulder right underneath the collarbone. Before anyone could react, Cayde felt his hand close around a familiar grip Sundance had just transmatted into his hand. He swiftly brought Ace to bear.

Shots rang out as Cayde fired the Ace of Spades at Adam, who rolled to the side with unnatural agility to dodge the bullets. He was fast, but Cayde was no pushover. Fanning the hammer, he emptied the last six shots from the chamber in a fan pattern, too fast for Adam to avoid. The bull faunus gave a shriek as four .50 bullets entered his arm, torso, and leg, the force of the shots sending him tumbling towards the wall. He hit his body hard against the back wall and slumped down. Barloc and Cayde approached his crumpled form.

"What is the meaning of this?" Barloc demanded as he approached. "How are you here?"

"Cayde I'm detecting hive magic from-" Sundance was cut short as Adam began to laugh.

"Hehehe... you guys are good." The Guardians watched as Adam began to seemingly dissolve into a black mist, revealing the form of a girl with red eyes and mint green hair instead.

"I should've figured you of all people would come here, Emerald Sustrai." Barloc said, forgetting about Ghira, as Sundance transmatted a Sol Edge into his hand. He recalled this individual from the many files and reports Summer's Ghost, Drei, downloaded from Adam's Scroll, and shared with the rest of the higher-up Guardians. "Know that I will show no mercy for what you and Mercury did to Tukson, should you continue the way you're going."

"Oh really?" Emerald slyly smiled as her body started to dissolve.

Cayde started to panic as it looked like she was nothing but a fake, while Barloc held his sword in guarding position, creating a solar barrier as he cautiously watched the smoke. The smoke rushed to Barloc, reforming into Emerald as she bounced off the barrier, and firing with her revolvers at the two. Cayde's shield took a small hit, while Barloc's barrier kept himself safe. She then turned around and used her bayonets and slashed at two guards, causing deep gnashing of flesh and blood to splatter on the ground.

As she opened the door, the duo tried to rush her down, but were stopped by her words. "Bold of you to pursue me when your friend is still back in there." She then ran out, the two guardians quickly talking between each other, and splitting up, Barloc staying to stabilize Ghira.

Multiple doors opened from where she was, guards pooling out as she mag dumped her revolvers cylinders, and quickly inserted new ones in when they were emptied. Breaking off into a sprint, she started to fire at the swarm of guards who rushed her down. The first three guards shot at her, attempting to take advantage of her magless status. Sadly she spun around throwing off their aim. She then fired three shots into their heads. Causing them to fall backwards due to the bullets force. Four more came out using automatic rifles but instead of dodging the rounds fired at her. She just used her weapons blades to deflect them.

The guards in diamond formation started to run backwards. Two providing cover fire while two others retreated to a more dependable position. That still didn't stop Emerald as she jumped over the two guards providing cover fire, and shot both of them in the head. When she spun around in the air, she fired two more rounds at the other two faunas, shots embedding themselves in the chest of the two. As she landed, two more guards came out. She tried to fire, but her revolvers cylinders were empty. So she switched to her chain bayonets, and using her momentum, swung the blades forward into the neck's of the guards.

She then pulled the bayonets back causing the guards to fall over dead, but also made their weapons fly in the air. She then used a dead guard's head as a springboard, and grabbed the weapons out of the air. Aiming at her sides she unloaded into several doors that more guards were pouring out of, only to be cut down or have to stay behind cover due to Emeralds shots. As she ran out of the white fang base she immediately got onto her com link, immediately calling Cinder.

"Emerald, report." Cinder said on the other end

"The mission was a failure. Our planned date was a day too late. Cayde, a Guardian I can't identify, and the chieftain of Menagerie was there. Though the Chieftain should be in critical condition" Emerald bit her lip, as Cinder narrowed her amber eyes on the other end.

"We will discuss this later. For now, pray that the Chieftain dies." Cinder replied before cutting the comms.

Emerald knew this failure could see her punished. She honestly hoped that her unintended target does die. When she was a good enough distance away she hit the GPS tracker on her, hailing for evac. As she sat down next to a tree a ghostly shape appeared near by.

"So. How does it feel killing a innocent man?" The ghostly spectre asked.

"Fuck off." Emerald spat at the ghost.

It then took form of herself. But looking more disappointed.

"Emerald… why do you believe this path is the only one?" Her doppelganger asked.

"Just leave me alone." She growled

"I'm not giving up on you Emerald."

Her ghostly doppelganger disappeared just as Dredgen Vena's ship arrived. The hatch opened to reveal Hazel, but in what looked like titan gear made of those purple crystals and grimm bones found in Salem's domain. He held out a hand.

"Come. We're leaving this place." he said rather stoically.

She nodded and took his hand. He lifted her up and the ship flew off and disappeared into the night sky.

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Cayde dashed back into the throne room to see a Barloc and Sienna Khan kneeling over an unconscious Ghira, Cayde having failed to catch up to Emerald in time. Sienna had torn off a piece of her dress to cover the wound while Barloc inspected the knife in his shoulder. Sundance materialized and flew over to scan the knife.

"This blade carried some kind of hive curse, but I've never seen anything like it before."

"Can't you do something then?" Sienna demanded.

"We won't be able to deal with it here. We have to take him back to Beacon. Maybe the cryptarchs stationed there can figure something out." Barloc replied as he hefted Ghira onto his back. "Cayde call in your jumpship, I have no desire to have to walk back to the airfield with him on my back."

"Already did it." Cause replied as a roar of engines grew louder outside the throne room.

"Wait, I'm coming too." Sienna called out as the two guardians began leaving. "Our discussion still isn't done, and I have no desire to stay here and wait for your return."

"By all means, this way if you please." Cayde said inviting her out the door. Sundance transmatted the trio into the ship and immediately set for a course back to Beacon while Barloc and Sienna secured Ghira in the back. "Keep an eye on him for me." Cayde said to Sundance as he got into the cockpit. "I'll take it from here." The hunter vanguard gunned the engines as the ship blasted off into the sky.

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A panicked Blake Belladonna sprinted down the halls of Beacon, with the rest of her team and Summer Rose desperately trying to keep up. "Blake hold on!" Weiss called out as she and the others raced after their teammate. But Blake was in no mood to wait or pause. Moments later, she practically kicked down the door to a room in the infirmary.

"Father!" She cried out as she ran over to the bedside. Ghira Belladonna was lying unconscious, hooked up to vital signs monitor. Standing next to him was Cayde and a warlock she had never seen before. From where she was, she could see sickly green lines spreading from a wound in his shoulder like an infection. "What happened?" She asked as tears streamed down her face. "Who did this?"

"An assassin." Replied the warlock. "She ambushed the meeting between us and Sienna Khan. Your father took the blow meant for her. Unfortunately the assassin escaped. We had to prioritize saving Ghira first." The rest of team RWBY and Summer finally caught up just in time to see Blake crying over her father.

"Cayde!" Summer called out, "What is this?"

"A hit gone wrong, hive magic in a knife." He replied. "I sent the knife to Byf, he's looking for a solution right now." Summer felt a bit reassured at that. She knew the warlock's reputation. If there was a cure out there, he would find it. The room was silent other than the sounds of Blake's sobs while Yang comforted her partner. The vitals monitor beeped steadily, the only sign that Ghira was still alive. There was a hiss of the door sliding open, and everyone turned to see Byf standing in the doorway.

"Well?" Barloc asked the master cryptarch, but Byf only shook shook his head.

"I'm sorry, I tried looking everywhere for a cure. There's nothing I can do." The truth hit Blake like a freight train.

"No…." she mumbled before slumping onto the floor, tears dripping to the floor. "It can't end like this it can't…"

"What do you mean you can't?!" Summer yelled as she grabbed Byf by the lapels, and practically shoved him against the wall. "You're a cryptarch! Isn't finding answers supposed to be your job?"

"Summer!" Barloc warned, and was about to do something else before Byf held up his hand.

"Guardian Rose please." Byf responded calmly. "The magic used here is something we have no documentation of. It's eating away at him both physically and spiritually. That's something even the best warlocks can't cure, you should know that already. " Gritting her teeth, Summer dropped Byf. The warlock rubbed his shoulders, sore from Summer's sudden assault.

"I won't allow this, I won't." She growled as she walked over to the bed. "Yang, have Blake stand back." Summer ordered as she pulled out her knife.

"What are you!-" Blake screamed but was silenced by a stern look from Summer.

"I'm going to try something. If it works the way I intend, he'll live. If not, he'll die either way."

"Summer, are you sure." Cayde cautioned as the white cloaked huntress raised the knife in her hand.

"I've seen Shin do something similar before. If it worked on Mars, it will work here." Taking a deep breath, she closed her eyes. Emptying her mind of all other distraction and sounds, Summer concentrated on that feeling in her chest, a warm bright feeling of pure untainted Light, and willed it to swell and pour into her blade. As she concentrated, the feeling became warmer and larger as suddenly her eyes flew open, radiating with brilliant glittering light. The silver light cascaded down her arm and wrapped itself around the blade of the knife in her hand, so bright it was that everyone else in the room had to shield their eyes from the blinding brightness. Without a word, Summer brought the knife down into Ghira's shoulder. Ghira's form shuddered and he let loose a howl, not unlike an animal in pain.

"Father!" Blake cried out and tried to run over only for Yang to hold her back.

"No, Blake you can't!" Yang called out as the light from Summer grew even brighter. There was a flash, large enough to cover engulf the entire room and then, silence.

When everyone opened their eyes again, Summer was still standing over Ghira, her arms at her side, her knife on the floor. She was breathing heavily, panting, with beads of sweat on her forehead. Whatever she had done, it had taken a lot out of her. Barloc recovered first and immediately walked over and spun Summer around.

"What were you thinking?" He demanded as he grabbed the huntress by the shoulders. "That could have been incredibly dangerous." Summer replied with a smug grin.

"It worked."

The rest of the room gathered around Ghira, looking at where his wound was. The sickly green lines were no longer there, as if he was never infected in the first place. The only sign that anything had happened was a deep cut in his shoulder, the sign of Summer's efforts. Even that wound was starting to heal up, far faster than it should have.

"Incredible." Byf remarked as he leaned in closer. "I daresay whatever Guardian Rose here did, it removed the curse. I don't see any sign it's still here."

"Mom, what was that?" Ruby asked looking at her mother. Summer smiled while twirling a lock of hair with her finger.

"Something Uncle Shin taught me when he first taught me how to use the silver eyes. The light within, you, me, and him, is far more potent and powerful than that of normal guardian's. Light rends and burns the Darkness, and so I figured that if Shin could use it to drive away the darkness, then it should also work on their curses." She looked at Ghira's now peaceful sleeping form. "And looks like I was right."

"Doesn't change the fact that that was reckless." Barloc remarked. "But I can't fault you for that, Cayde trained you after all."

"Hey!" went an indignant Cayde, "Wait is that a compliment or an insult, because I can't tell now."

"Yes." Barloc replied dryly.

"Fine fine whatever." Cayde threw his hands in the air in exasperation.

"So my father's going to be alright?" asked Blake.

"It appears so." Byf replied, still inspecting the patient. "It may take him a while to recover consciousness but I say he'll be fine. I should go get a nurse though, just to take care of this second knife wound here." Summer laughed sheepishly as the cryptarch left the room.

"We should go too." said Barloc as he grabbed Cayde by the arm. "Sienna has been waiting for us in Ozpin's office, and I know for a fact the Vanguard would want a report on this. And yes, that means paperwork Cayde, and don't give me that look." One could clearly hear Cayde's groans as he was dragged out of the room.

"But I don't wanna…."

That's it for this chapter folks. Since we took a while to get this chapter out, expect a new chapter not too far into the future. Anyways, thanks again for reading and we have been Fireteam Nero.