Chapter five: Ze'rei Sain'ja.

(Shane's pov.)

As Shane makes his way up the spiral staircase he is furious.. The deaunali violated his very mind to get what they want and had him attack his family.. He hopes they know it wasn't him and forgive what has happened. He sees the deaunali.. Panicking.. Scared little fucks..

"Your mind games are over.. Your time is at hand.."

"No Shane.. We beg of you, we meant no harm. We only wished for technology to better ourselves.."

" Nonsense you had me attack my family, that in itself is a crime. You violated my mind.."

Shane aims his rockets and fires.. An explosion rocks the tower and deaunali fly in all directions like ragdolls.. Shane is flung by a telekinetic force and slides to the edge of the tower he digs his wrist blade into the edge and dangles. "I will take that armour from a corpse if i have to human!"

(Ghardeh's pov.)

"Shaane!" Uzkielle roars as he looks up to see him dangling over an edge. Debris flies down from his blades. He is lifted by thin air then thrown. There is an echoed poom as his wings and thrusters kick in. I take my sword and rush the spiral.. "Pauk this.." But Shane falls to the floor with a crater.. He scrambles out of it his armour sparking red as his shield collapses.

Nina looks at Shane as his back is on fire..

"Shane you need to get out of that armour."

He ignores her and flies back up towards the tower. I make my way up.. I hear Shane.. Shouting.. I feel the pain in his voice and rush up 4 steps at a time.. My eyes widen in shock. He has hold of an orange orb with the deaunali also hold of it.. He has some kind of bracer on him the orb is trying to distribute the power but is failing. The orb begins to glow yellow then white.. As it explodes a shockwave causes them both to fly to other ends of the room. Without hesitation i rush over to the deaunali he laughs trying to get up, "The human is strong.. He has no idea what he has just done.." I impale him with my sword. Driving it into the stone floor.. He lets out a quivered breath and closes his eyes… "He is.. Ascended.." Those were his last words..

"What..?"

I look to see Shane, there is an orange pulsing around him his armour makes a strange noise then silence.. He stirs.. Shane gets up and looks around..

"The.. Fuck.. What has happened?"

I walk up to him and hold him tight..

"Never again.. Please Shane. We almost.. Lost you."

He looks at me in the Yautja armour.. Not a scratch on it..

"Ghardeh.. I feel.. Different.. Aahh shit.. The others.. I'm so sorry Ghardeh it wasn't me.. I mean i could see what i was doing but.. I had no control.. Can we please leave.. Blow this place to hell.. I decided i don't like deaunali.. At least these ones.. They've lived a thousand lifetimes Ghardeh.. And they just went insane.. They were too far gone.." I smile.. This is the Shane i love. We walk down and Shane slowly approaches the family. Osh'ikeille walks up to Shane with curled hands. "Hold yourrr brreath.."

Shane does so.. "Rreleasse your helmet.."

Shane complies.. Nina and Dannys eyes widen..

"Ghar…" Danny says.. Pointing.. Uzkielle and Osh'ikeille step back clicking..

I move around Shane.. His eyes.. Are shimmering.. A bright green..

Nina looks.. "He is.. Ascended.."

Uzkielle looks. "Keh?"

"Remember when i slew the world eater? That's when i was temporarily ascended. The furere changed me to just that.. Shane what did you do?" He shakes his head. "I held some kind of orb.. Trying to stop the asshole from drawing its power he had some kind of bracer on his arm that was being fed by the orb i could feel something pulse through me then we flew in both directions and when i recovered Ghardeh killed him."

I turn to the others.

"As he died he said Shane is now ascended.." Danny looks "We have a super hero now like Nina? Shane the metal super yautja?" Danny asks with a smile. Almost excitedly so..

Uzkielle snorts. "We musst leave.."

Shane and Nina both say "Amen to that." At the exact same time causing a slight snigger from both of them. Without further delay we leave after i drop my bomb.. We reach the surface to be greeted by the sun. When Shane begins to.. Well burn.. His armour begins to beep and his shield drops.. "What the hell my hud is going haywire." The shield explodes in a fiery manner.. We hear its beeping and Nina holds Danny close.. Uz goes to approach Shane but Nina shouts his name.

"Uz no! Remember the furere with Bagheera? When you tried to touch me before? The armour is Shane's conductor instead of an alien-cat."

The armours beeping stops and his shield is replaced by an orange glow.. His armour makes a strange noise..

"Whoa.." Shane says.. "A weird rune just flashed up.." He holds up his hand when suddenly with a strange noise.. A ball of.. Fire? Or energy? Forms in his right hand.. He molds it.. Almost like he was born to wield it and shapes it into a spear.. He throws it and it flies with a thwooom then explodes.. "No.."

He molds it into a pistol.. Like mine..

He fires it.. Again with a flamey thwooom.. "No.."

Finally he looks at my sword..

"May i dear darling?"

"Break it and i will break your neck." I threaten.. I don't care that he is some ascended being… That sword has sentimental value beyond words. He forms a fire mold around it then gives me back my sword.. It feels.. Cold.. Considering it just had fire surrounding it.. Shane looks at the fiery replica and nods.. I look at the others.. Danny and Nina are gobsmacked.

And the twins. Osh has his head tilted slightly and Uz is.. Doing the same..

"Ok let's go.." Shane says he glides past us. It is like he is.. Rejuvenated..

The fire dissipates and Danny runs up to Shane almost skipping..

"A fire demon!" he says.

"Throw a fireball Shane please?!"

He does so and the ball travels so far it explodes in the distance with a crackled explosion.

"Holy moses soooo coool! Thor just took a back seat!"

Nina nudges Osh. "Sorry big guy you just got demoted.." She lets out a small laugh.

Osh'ikeille looks at Shane and nods slightly. "BuuT I will alwayss be Dannys favourrite he says getting one up on Uz.

"You'll always be Shanes favourite Uz."

I say. He looks at me with slight confusion.

"I am his favourrite yautja?"

"Indeed Uzkielle.. He secretly likes your personality abit like himself in another life.. And besides.. You ARE brothers.."

We make our way back to the ship before Danny has anymore ideas. But before we do i detonate my bomb destroying the city below.. Paya knows how long the deaunali were down there but them threatening my family alone warrants death. We feel the ground shake with a rumbling…

"Can we go to a different area Ghardeh? This planet despite it's silly aliens is real nice." Danny asks.

I nod.. "No more caves.. Let us appreciate the scenery more.." I say looking at Neens and Osh'ikeille.. Uz is near Shane.. Shane looks at him with a puzzled tilt.. "Uz.. What is it..? Your close proximity is unnerving Uzkielle. "

Nina smiles. "You got Thor demoted Shane.. Uzkielle is.. Uzkielle why don't you say it..?"

"Immprressed.." He says with a slight nod.

"What that i nearly hurt you all and almost blew myself up?"

"M-di.. You.. Begin to show no.. Fear.. You show skill and prowess..

Shane nods "Well yeah if aliens enter my mind and make me do things i don't want to the people i care about then yeah I'll rain down the fury.."

"Good.. We need that.. In case.." He stops and lets out a trill..

"Nevermind."

Nina knew what he was going to say. He had told her. It was payback for when they argued on the ship before the world eater battle, i was not on board the vessel when the incident took place but Uzkielle was not happy with her tirade.. All i know is it got very heated. Shane follows Uzkielle with Danny jumping around them.

"We could colonise a planet with potatoes and stuff!" Danny says spinning around happily.. "Pauk you NASA!" He shouts.

"LANG… Oh what the hell.. Not like we will find any more humans.."

Nina says rubbing the back of her neck.

Danny turns "Does that mean i can cuss?!"

"Only within reason little man." Shane says. Shane looks as Uzkielle stares at him.. "It's rude to stare Uz what is it?"

"Ze'rei Sain'ja.." Before Shane even thinks to ask..

"Fire.. Warrior.."

He points to Nina. "D'toudi Shur'ie, Little Storm."

Danny laughs.. "I don't have one yet."

Uzkielle looks and growls.. "Sei-i.. D'toudi.. C'jit.."

Shane snorts with a laugh.. "Uzkielle.."

Even Nina puts a hand to her mouth and lets out a laugh..

"Danny you are a little shit.." She says.

"I'm going to be…" He gasps

"Saitama.."

Nina laughs out loud.

"Danny you want to be called Saitama?! Have you killed an ogre lately?!"

Before Danny runs at Nina Shane chips in.

"Come on guardian.."

He turns to meet Shane's covered gaze.

"Cayde.. Six.." Danny says.

Nina shakes her head and points to her neck with a slit remark..

She signs in yautja that Cayde Six was killed off.

But Shane doesn't take heed..

"Bungie killed Cayde off bud.."

Danny's face changes..

"Ffffffffudge! NINA YOU TOLD ME IT WASN'T TRUE WHAT ZELDA SAID!"

"Here we go…" Nina says.

"Why does it matter soot sprite?"

"He was my favourite character in Destiny Neens!"

"Mine too." Shane says..

"Let's just imagine that tree is Bungie."

Uzkielle steps back as Danny's eyes widen. Shane forms a fireball in his right and left hands.. Combines them and throws it towards the tree.. The fireball explodes with a loud boom and the tree just.. Turns to a glowing husk before turning to ash.

"There we go, happy Danny?"

"Should have used the golden gun"

Danny says smiling. Shane looks at Uzkielle..

He forms another ball "Uz catch.."

Shane throws the ball at him he catches it with a grunt.. We watch Uzkielle as he holds the ball of flame in his hand.. "Does it burn Uz?" Nina asks as he prods it causing it to swirl around his finger.. Suddenly Shane does something and it engulfs Uz, his head jolts around and storms up to Shane with a roar but Shane holds his hand at a slight angle gliding it off of Uz.. Then clenches his hand making it disperse.. Uz still walks up to Shane and taps the back of his head.

"Rreckless, may we prroceed..?" He asks still very close to Shane.

We move on and see the sights of the planet. Nina is walking with Osh'ikeille holding one of his fingers talking quietly to him. I was on sentry making sure we was all safe Danny runs a hand over red tall grass when Shane calls him over "If you want a yautja name Danny.. How about.. Nih'te'Setg.. 'Swift claw' he says. Pointing to his xeno trophy."It's a tooth Shane." he says holding it up. "But i like it i approve."

He spins facing us all.

"I will hereby be named.. 'Swift claw!' Yeeeeaaaa!" He shouts in a laughable tone..

"Very well.. D'toudi c'jit.. Uz says with a rumble.

"Fire Warrior cook this.."

He stops to think.. "Fat ogre on a spit stick!"

Uz grumbles something about squashing Danny. Several hours pass as we watch animals and talk to one another it was almost like nothing happened earlier, Shane shows Uzkielle more fist bumps and Danny annoys him by constantly moving his hand away so Uz gives him the "gibbs slap" Shane calls it from a TV series called NCIS. Eventually we all return to the Lar'ja N'ritja then leave the planet to carry on with the journey. We all say good night then the family leave our ship leaving Shane and i alone. We take a shower when i notice Shane is badly bruised on his back. He must've hit the floor hard to leave a crater like he did. He physically had to climb out of it.. I touch his back and he lets out a hiss. "Fuck that hurts.. He says reaching round to feel for the source. Turns out it's his whole back.

"Ghardeh.. Will my new abilities change anything? I'm worried."

"About what Kch-tanu?"

"What if i find the place burning up because i get angry? I don't even know how i obtained this.. Thing.. And to be honest I'm afraid."

"Don't be, learn to harness it, control it. Think like yautja.. Like Osh.. Me.. I'd include Uzkielle but.. He is unpredictable at the best of times.."

"That yautja.. Seriously i swear he is hiding something from me. The way he was with me earlier.. You'd never think we had a massive war.."

We lock heads as I lower to his level then we do our usual routine. But this time we take our time.. We both leave the shower and go to bed after i bring up the ramp. Shane lays under the covers and I walk in closing the door it swishes with a slide and i flop onto the bed with a sigh. I lift up the covers and get in.

"Jesus Ghardeh the heat coming from you is like an oven! Can i cook some bacon across your back?! Maybe some eggs?"

I move in closer with a slight laugh causing him to nestle into me.

"Are you sure it's not you? You do have Sol within you now Shane."

I rub my jaw on the top of his head and wrap an arm around him curling my larger frame around him.

He sighs.

"My friends are going to flip if they ever find out i have a yautja as a…

Girlfriend? Mate? Pairing?"

I run a talon down his side and stop at his hip.

"All of the above." I say.

"Best not tell them we do the bang bang.. In fact I think it's best i don't tell them at all.."

I nod. "That would be wise, I'd hate to harm someone."

Shane smiles.. "Ghardeh? How do you perceive the world? Do you see colour?"

I shake my head. "It's complicated.. Infrared. My biomask helps me see in the full spectrum. But my brain finds it hard to comprehend.. It makes the world beautiful but no.. We see infrared and heat as well as scent. Pheromones. Radiation..

Shane turns to me i move my knees and we touch fully.

"How do you perceive the world Shane?" i ask.

Shane rubs the side of my ribs and holds several dreads in his hands.

"In full spectrum.. Your purple eyes, your white to orange gradient skin tone.. Your black strikes along the sides of your body meeting at your back.. The rusty red, black, orange and white flecks that dot your shoulders arms hands and feet. I see every color of you. Your black clusters on your forehead." He says running a finger along my six bumpy ridges. "The rusty orange spikey horns on the outline of your crown to the small orange spikes in the middle of your forehead.. Tenjra.. knew how to pick them.. And she's a beaut.." I look at Shane opening my eyes as he mentions Tenjra..

"He made the right decision?" I ask.

"He was very lucky." Shane says.

"He wanted to meet you Shane. We had so many dealings with humans. I love the languages.. But this iteration is best.. I feel so clear when I talk.."

Shane's chemistry changes as he shifts..

"Shane.. I know that change very well."

"You got it wrong Ghardeh.. That's not why it changed.."

He moves my head towards his then closes his eyes. "It's just how i feel around you ninny." He says.. I close my eyes and fall asleep.

Sometime later..

My eyes shoot open.. I hear Shane groaning almost thrashing about.. I lean up on my elbow to see him on his side away from me,

"Fu…" He says.. I don't know what to do he seems to be having a nightmare. I trill in confusion as he mentions me… Then he opens his eyes. Almost like he sensed i was awake.

"Shit sorry Ghardeh.." he looks to make sure he hasn't burned anything down then closes his eyes. I run a talon through his hair and close my eyes as i feel him relax.

"I'll try and dream about you.." He says sleepily then his breathing slows..

Author note: So Shane is ascended.. Let's see if he can handle being the fire warrior.. What surprises are in store for him now? And the deaunali insane with living so long.. Eve best not find out.. And Uz helping Shane out is a far cry from before what with their first few weeks on the Lar'ja N'ritja.. They finally see eye to eye. Though Uzkielle doesn't see Shane as an equal just yet.. Or maybe not at all seeing as Uzkielle see's himself superior to all.. Cranky.. Much more to come thanks for reading guys and girls. You know what to do.. Stay awesome! Usual yatty words below!

Yautja words:

Sei-i. Yes.

M-di- No.

Pauk- F^ck.

Ze'rei- Fire.

Sain'ja- Warrior.

D'toudi- Little.

Shur'ie- Storm.

C'jit- Sh^t.

Nih'te setg- Swift claw.

Lar'ja N'ritja- Dark Dance.

Kch-tanu- Love.

Yautja- Predator species. (Fwah!)