-Here we are guys, the second to last chapter, for the main plot line anyway. The overall reason I'm doing this is because there's so many situations and scenarios I really want to explore that I don't want to be constrained by one setting. I'm not bored with the series, on the contrary, I'm very excited to explore beyond the boundaries of this story. Chapter ten is up next with the big finale.
-Sidenote: Oh gosh darn! I totally messed up the usage of the Orbiter and landing craft, now I gotta go back and edit that pizza chip!
Chapter 9: The Harbinger of the Void
The Corpus ship, Enlightened Acolyte, is unable to advance further as the crew have underestimated their cargo. They have in fact, not apprehended the correct target, but an entirely different entity altogether. A malevolent creature from the old war, when the Sentients and Orokin battled for supremacy. The humanoid approaches a large main door leading to the bridge, sealed off by the terrified Corpus soldiers that have barricaded themselves in. They huddle behind the navigation deck with just a few moas defending the entrance. Their captain's death foreshadowed their own inevitable slaughter. For he had not died at the hands of any Infested monstrosity, but had taken his own life in the engineering sector of the ship. The engine maintenance team that survived their commander's sudden and explosive suicide, are haunted by his last words.
"He is here... do you not hear his voice? He comes... the Harbinger of the Void..."
From that point on, a rapid onset of dementia and hallucinations took hold of the ship's occupants. In less than an hour after departing with the alleged target and captain's death, untold horrors began occurring aboard the vessel. Talk of the Infested running rampant, the whispers of deceased loved ones, and the mysterious spread of mass paranoia. None of this matters to the bridge crew as it is too late for them. The massive manually locked bridge door is pried apart by a multitude of clawed appendages as pained howls fill the room. Some Corpus flee to the lower section, while a few hold their ground. But their robotic proxies serve only to stimulate the hunger of the Infested beasts as they stampede onto the deck. Within minutes, the Infested are happily feasting on the dead, all with exception of one.
It stands above the rest, its smaller appendages fluttering savagely as it cracks its head to the left. The Infested warrior reaches a console near the captain's chair and inspects the array of buttons and knobs. Its left arm straightens out with smaller tendrils jutting forward and dialing the various controls until the ship's monitors flash red. A distress signal is sent on all channels and is the dinner bell that the Infested have been waiting for. The aberrant, the Infested Warframe, it raises its arms to the ceiling and sends its voice through air. It drops back into a mass of piled bodies, like a coffin of flesh. Sinking into the meat as it envelops its body and it enters a state of dormancy. Here lies the harbinger.
An eternal slumber, a lucid dream cradles the child's mind until the old one's voice awakens him. What felt like an endless sleep, was mere minutes.
"Susten-ance... has arriv-ed... haaaaaagh... collect them... my heeeeegh... child..."
The Infested roar and bellow with excitement as the Harbinger of the Void calls to them. His blade, the Mire, it yearns to be drenched in the gore of the living. The Warframe picks up the scent of the warm bodies entering its new domain and moves swiftly to their location. It is not just their smell that drives him mad, but it is the familiarity of one specific odor that he finds intoxicating. The scent of another Warframe. The scent of someone he once knew.
The first team of Grineer to breach are to act as cannon fodder for the second squadron that will consist of Tul'ruk and some of his elite guard. The third team consists of stealth troops that will use the other two as distraction while they recover the objective. Little do they know, the objective has come seeking them. Six elite lancers accompanied by the tall helmet wearing captain, patrol a massacre in a corridor. The air here is a misty orange as clear signs of the Infested corruption have begun to adapt the ship's interior to a more suitable environment for the airborne corruption. As the soldiers tread lightly with their Grakatas and Hinds at full alert, death comes from above. Two of the grunts are relieved of their heads as a ghostly specter stands over their twitching corpses.
"By the Void, what manner of monstrosity is this? Kill the beast!" The captain shouts.
The remaining Grineer and their shower of bullets does not connect with the Infested warrior as a huge shield is brought forth. It appears to resemble the Aegis, albeit with toxin and fleshy strings holding the bone colored tool together instead of fire. The size allows for the entire body of the Infested Warframe to be well defended as the creature charges forward. One soldier is flattened against a wall, while the others are sliced to meaty chunks. The captain leads the beast down a dead end and proceeds to switch teleport to try and escape. But he stumbles forward at an intense pain in his chest and finds a short and thick, bony spine protruding from the bleeding hole in his chest. He drops to his knees, gripping the bloody spear and twisting his head back to see his killer.
A Warframe with the Infestation thriving all over its form, the gaping hole on its left arm shows where the fatal projectile came from. The Harbinger's foot caves in the Grineer's cranium before continuing toward the other alluring smells. No amount of underlings slows his pace, their cries are the only warnings their allies receive until they comes across the skeletal beast themselves.
But the mindless rampage does not go on for long as a zipping and whirring noise travels through the air. The Infested Warframe stands idle against the edge of a dense fog that obscures the path to the hanger bay of the Corpus ship. That sound grows louder and louder, causing the warrior to raise its shield. An enormous metal, rocket propelled hand flies directly from the mist and crashes into the Harbinger's shield. The Infested abomination is dazed at how his arm is flung back along with the near impenetrable shield, almost losing its grip and stumbling. An echoing laugh rips through the dense fog as heavy metal thuds come from the white wall ahead. The silhouette of a brawny giant swaggers into view, his voice meeting his opponent as his fist retracts.
"How interesting... a shield imbued with Argon crystal. That will make a fine trophy after I bring your corpse to the Queens!"
The Harbinger says nothing besides some clicking and angry chirps, his decorative extra segments flap rapidly in excitement. The hulking Goliath breaks free of the fog's grasp and reveals himself as the one and only, commander Tul'Ruk. His olive green reinforced ferrite armor is layered with a synthetic version of an Argon crystal resin. This grants the Grineer some of the protection offered by the true Void crystal, but without the worry of the constant decaying after the crystal is removed from the Void. Yet this Infested creature somehow has actual Argon infused in its shield and possible in its armor and does not seem to be suffering from the deterioration factor. This can only mean that this Infested body is able to mimic the conditions of the Void or it is able to negate the decaying effect. Either way, Tul'Ruk plans to find out by dismembering the creature himself.
His skinny ankles are deceptively powerful as they spring the huge Grineer onward and his fist comes up ready to strike. The Harbinger too leaped toward the commander with wide shield and toxic Mire blade in hand. They collide, sending a sound of thunder through the halls and both of them are slid back a few meters. But Tul'Ruk's gauntlet launched seconds after knocking away the Infested's unbreakable shield to create a big enough opening. His fist of doom slams into the corrupted Warframe's torso, the inertia of the gauntlet easily exceeding the weight of the Harbinger's attempted counter. The beast bounces off a wall before being pinned back by Tul'Ruk's full body as he ran to connect with his gauntlet instead of the weapon returning to him.
"All brawn and no brains, ha-ha-ha! What good is this strength if you cannot use it properly!"
The Grineer's colossal hand squeezes the Harbinger's skull until his thick metal fingers sink into the head. His gauntlet becomes loose and the Infested Warframe's body rides down the wall with orange goop dripping from the cracks and chinks in the head piece. Tul'Ruk picks up the shield and notices how it seems to "close" and becomes compact as the muscle tissue holding it together recedes. The sword however, jabs the Grineer's normal hand when he tries to hold the weapon and prompts the commander to use his gauntlet to carry the Infested blade. As for the Infested carcass, he decides it is not worth bringing anymore. The armament of the creature should suffice as they wielder was not worthy of them, Tul'Ruk gives one final parting glance.
His raspy voice falls on the ears of the dead.
"Strange, you remind me of Tenno runt that an underling of mine spoke of before I left the weakling to her fate. Brash and bold she described, what was his name again?"
Tul'Ruk does not ponder too long on the thought and walks off to the hangar. His radio chimes with chatter of his men and his ship's master, Krul speaks in a panicked tone. Krul informs the commander the ship has been boarded by Tenno and they are closing in on the bridge. The thin Grineer's tone shrivels at the pounding to the bridge and begs the commander to return with haste.
"He-he-he-he! I always did take you for a coward Krul, at least try to die with some dignity!"
"Commander, you cannot be serious! The Tenno they are breaki-" The transmission is terminated as Tul'Ruk saunters off to the hangar.
"So the Lotus dogs have come searching for their lost pup? Too bad she will be dead when they arrive!"
From inside the docking area of the hangar bay, a small skirmish can be heard. Tul'Ruk's squadron is being assaulted from both sides, one by the Infested and one from their own? A few Grineer lancers and one Hyekka master are returning fire on their own brethren and have brought widespread confusion to the Grineer's formation. To worsen the situation for the Grineer, those troops are not coordinating in their attack and are also shooting among one another. Tul'Ruk may have only just returned, but he knows the cause behind all this. He comes out of a doorway and instantly throws his gauntlet at the influenced Grineer. The commander outright kills most of them as the fist grinds across the floor to its waiting arm socket.
"Come out and face me little whore! I know this your doing!"
A flood of energy pierces Tul'Ruk's mind as he rages in agony, breaking the grip and searching around wildly for the source. That same Nyx stands with pink light waves casting an aurora around her figure. She silently brings to view a pair of Grakatas and keeps the surprise on her back hidden. Tul'Ruk's teeth chatter as he seethes with fury, bounding over to the Nyx as submachine gun fire pellets his armor.
"Have you learned nothing you lowly sow! My armor is impenetrable!"
Banou hops over the charging brute and twirls while raining death from above, discouraging any other Grineer from assisting the commander. She lands and then quickly somersaults to evade the rocketing gauntlet. Tul'Ruk announces that if she surrenders now, he will give her the pleasure of dying happily from his manhood. This instigates useless head on fire to the Grineer as Banou walks toward the lumbering giant. His brazen laughter at her efforts to wound him only make her yell with frustration. But she becomes careless and allows the Grineer to get too close. She dodges the gauntlet successfully but is nailed by Tul'Ruk's shoulder bash as he jumps forward. The Nyx's body bounces and slams into the ground several feet away, the gauntlet shoots over her and then comes crashing down on her abdomen like a medieval flail.
"You really thought you could defeat me? Tul'Ruk the mighty? The Tenno really are pathetic, ha-ha-ha-ha!"
The Grineer commander moves in to finish the Nyx off as his fist returns to him and he locks it back in place. Tul'Ruk walks over and cocks his gauntlet back, thrusting it right for the Nyx's head. Banou rolls at the last second and pulls out an Orgis launcher from her back. The screeching rocket explodes right on the commander's back, heavily damaging his ventilation unit. He curses the female Warframe and lunges for her once more, but is struck by powerful force that has him reeling back. He puts all his strength into holding back a ginormous Infested charger, a juggernaut has rammed him and is now trying to bring Tul'Ruk down. The commander is puzzled at why the creature did not attack his men or even the Nyx as his metal feet clamp into the floor. The juggernaut roars while tossing its weight, but the heavy gauntlet swinging onto its hunched carapace causes the beast to fall on its belly. Tul'Ruk growls victoriously as he throws his fist onto the creature again, but something else catches his attention. The Infested Warframe, stowed away on the juggernaut's back, pounces onto the commander's torso and savagely claws at his armored head.
Tul'Ruk tries to grapple the plagued Warframe, but the juggernaut quickly reminds him that it will not be ignored. The overgrown charger fires javelin like spines that stagger Tul'Ruk just enough that a double knee drop to the face from the Harbinger is able to bring him to the ground. Some distance away, the Nyx gets to her feet and watches the epic scene unfold.
"Banou!" A voice calls from behind her.
She turns to find Keeva sprinting at her at full speed. The Trinity catches the Nyx in her arms and is ecstatic to see the girl alive.
"Sweetie are you alright? Oh I'm so sorry for not being able to stop them! I should have been... I wasn't fast enough... I..."
"Keeva it is fine! I am unharmed, well mostly anyway." Banou reassures.
The Trinity declares that she will not rest until Tul'Ruk is put down, but Banou directs her attention to the scuffle going in the distance.
"By the Lotus, what is that thing? It looks like one of us, but that can't be?"
The Nyx tells Keeva that it must be the Infested aberrant they were tasked with finding. The Corpus captured it first, but failed at containing the creature and now it is engaging the Grineer commander. Keeva tugs on Banou's shoulder and says that the mission has already been accomplished. The Corpus did not grab the actual target as the Tenno found the massive hive creature germinating in the bowels of the facility and eradicated the beast. She says to Banou that it was only possible due to help from an unexpected ally, who through a mutual goal, aided them in destroying the Infested boss.
The Nyx shoves her friend's arm away and picks up the Orgis launcher from the floor.
"I am not leaving until that monster is dead."
"B-but Banou, we already eliminated the aberrant leader? I don't think killing one of its drones would-"
"I was referring to Tul'Ruk. I need to see this through, are you with me on this?"
The Trinity groans with frustration, knowing that there is no need to put themselves in any unnecessary danger. But the guilt of failing to protect Banou from harm twice, is gnawing at her reasoning.
"Oh, I know I'm gonna regret this but alright. Let's do this."
The Nyx starts by noting to Keeva that Tul'Ruk is currently struggling to hold his own against the duo of juggernaut and the Infested aberrant creature. She says that all they need to do is give the final push and it will be the end for the mighty Grineer commander. The two female Warframes circle around the fight, clearing the area of any Grineer reinforcements or Infested monstrosities.
"Keeva, your energy vampire! Use it on Tul'Ruk!" The Nyx yells as she aims her glowing palm at the aberrant. The power that is being derived from Tul'Ruk, Banou uses that energy to burrow into the aberrant's mind. She forces the Infested warrior to purposely permit itself to be hit by Tul'Ruk's gauntlet as it is sent flying into a pile of crates. Just then, the Nyx races to face the commander and fires the Orgis. Tul'Ruk's hubris is his undoing as he believes he will remain untouched by the blast, but it is where Banou was targeting that makes the difference. The well armored Grineer staggers in anger as his gauntlet's socket has been ruined beyond use and the huge fist barely retracts half its length back. Enraged and humiliated, Tul'Ruk heads for the Tenno with blood lust coursing through him.
Banou jumps, landing between the Grineer and the juggernaut. The beast fires its javelins while Tul'Ruk shoots a Marelok at the Nyx. Her absorb ability has her meditating in mid-air, invulnerable to any form of damage and harnessing the power from her foes to be redirected into one massive wave of energy. She explodes with a force that horribly disfigures Tul'Ruk's wretched body and turns him into contorted mass of metal, no longer recognizable as anything other than a pile of rubbish. The juggernaut survives but is knocked back so far that it turns its interests to the retreating Grineer forces.
"Alright. Now we can leave..." The Nyx says.
But the as the pair run toward a doorway to the adjacent room, the rubble beneath the hole where the aberrant landed stops Banou in her tracks. A specimen like this is too rare to let it be consumed by the vastness of space and so, Banou convinces Keeva to take the body back with them. Naturally the Trinity is opposed to the idea of bringing the very same plague that overran the Corpus vessel, but Banou has already prepped the Infested for retrieval. She establishes a link with The Little Lotus cephalon, and asks Marx if he could give her access to ship's synthesizer relay system. The same technology that lets the Tenno capture targets of interest and disintegrate them for transportation. Banou bags the creature and catches up to Keeva as they come across Freya near her Scimitar landing craft.
"What took you guys so long dammit! Argh!" The Rhino shouts as she whacks Infested leapers and chargers away with her Fragor.
"Sorry babe, no time to explain! Just run!" The Trinity screams as her and Banou race past Freya who looks back to see the horde of the afflicted coming towards them.
"Shit, you don't gotta tell me twice!"
The three Tenno enter the Scimitar one by one, the landing craft thrusting away from the Enlightened Acolyte. Just in time as well, a pair of Corpus destroyers have come within range of the allied vessel. Assessing the situation as fubar, the Corpus ships purge their own cruiser in order to prevent the spread of the plague. Banou stares at the wreckage and then the ships, facing Keeva and Freya with questions.
"Wait, what did you guys do about the Grineer ship?"
The Rhino looks over her shoulder "We roughed it up a bit but, we found out from the crew that you went after the head honcho yourself and decided to high tail it out of there before we could do any serious damage."
"Well I appreciate you guys coming back for me. It means a lot."
"Of course sweetie!" Keeva bumps in, hugging the Nyx. "No way we would leave without you! Myrrha even insisted that we rescue you first before killing the hive Infested. But things didn't exactly go according to plan and we ended up saving you later. Sorry!"
"I told you Keeva it is alright. I am fine! Sometimes I think you must be my mother from how much you worry about me, I mean honestly!"
The Trinity just shrugs passively and nuzzles her friend more as the Scimitar returns to The Little Lotus. When the trio arrive, their captain Myrrha is expecting them in the docking area, a cast covering her right arm. The damage sustained on a Warframe from a loss of a limb, manifests itself on the operator in the form of broken bone or internal organ rupturing. Usually fatal, but in Myrrha's case, a fractured arm is nothing to fret over as she waves to them with her other arm.
"Welcome back you three. Glad to see you're still kicking Banou."
"Th-thank you captain, it um, pleases m-me to see you recovering from y-your injuries so quickly?" The younger girl's words stumble.
"Yeah thanks. By the way, I also checked out the specimen you sent me. Thanks a bunch for dropping the fucker off in our modification storage room."
"Um, well you see captain... it is just that we do not actually have any kind of holding cells so I thought it w-would be ok? I mean, it was dead when me and Keeva picked it up?"
Myrrha grunts through her coco colored lips "Well it's not dead anymore! I had to seal both entrances to the room and quarantine that section just in case it tries any funny business! Still though, bringing an unknown hostile aboard our ship that has the potential to kill us all isn't a smart move." The captain looks across from the Warframes to see their mutual friend coming over to greet them. "Speaking of smart moves, here comes the other hostile. You can thank dumb and dumber over here for letting her aboard without my consent as well!"
As the Trinity and Rhino stare at the ground in shame, Banou turns to face that heavy armored Grineer appearance that she has come to despise. The hulking figure removes the suit's helmet to reveal the orange bob cut and feminine face of the female wearer. The tree sized girl gallantly steps over to the Nyx and gazes right where the eyes of the Tenno would be.
"I am Nisha Ver'Koom, and from what your captain has told me, you must be Banou Shani correct?"
"Uh, Guys? Why is the G-Grineer that tried to kill Myrrha here? With us? On the ship? Right now?" The Nyx cheeps.
"Do not fear Banou, I am not here as your enemy. Unless that is your desire, in which case I can happily oblige." Nisha curls her lips into a mischievous grin, the same one Tul'Ruk would wear constantly.
Banou is reminded of her interrogation and she closes the distance between them in a few long strides. She taps Nisha's chest armor and tilts her head to eyeball the Grineer female's visage.
"If you think you can intimidate me, then you are sorely mistaken!"
"Oh really little Tenno? Care to demonstrate your bravado some more?"
Myrrha steps in between the fiery chicks and yells at both them.
"Enough you two! So you both got played by Ren, fucking get over it already! I got better things to do than deal with lover's quarreling and shit. Like that Infested freak show on my ship, what about that huh?" The captain inquires with a scowl as both girls blush and pout at the sound of his name.
"Hey Freya!"
"Yes, ma'am?"
Myrrha pulls out a bronco shotgun pistol and loads the sidearm with incendiary rounds. "If this thing wasn't dead before, its gonna wish it was once I'm through with it! Come on gender bender, lets kill the fucker."
The Rhino escorts the captain to retrieve her Atlas Warframe before heading over to put down Infested creature. The pair are soon gone behind the elevator doors of the hangar bay, leaving Banou and Keeva with the Grineer Nisha. Keeva can sense the friction between the girls and the Trinity decides that an icebreaker is needed to relieve the tension. She grabs the Nyx by the hand and suggests that they should put away their Warframes to get some grub with their new acquaintance. Keeva asks Nisha if she would not mind changing out of her gear. The Grineer combats the peaceful offer by saying she does not have any other casual attire, but Keeva tells her that she can wear one of Freya's old Manduka suits. Since the transference clothing was designed for Thor's physique, it should fit the huge female quite nicely.
"C'mon you two, it'll be nice. We could all use some lounging around time after the mission we just did. What do you think Nisha, sound like fun?"
"I suppose some nourishment would not hurt." Nisha says.
"Great! I'll show you to a guest room and get you the clothes you can change into."
The Grineer goes on ahead as instructed by the Trinity and leaves through a flight of stairs going up out of the hangar bay area. Banou however, is not too keen on having a bite to eat with a person that tried to kill them and voices her opinion to her friend. But Keeva does not see the Nyx's concerns, telling Banou of how Nisha came to their rescue when all hope seemed lost.
"But Keeva!"
"No buts! If she really wanted to, she could have attacked us right then and there! Instead, she not only rescued us and assisted in killing the target, but she also helped us save you too!"
Banou is in shock, asking to know what Keeva means by this.
"It means give her a chance. Besides, Myrrha's right. You both got duped by that no good pervert. I can't believe I couldn't see through his innocent act, pretending like he actually ca-"
"Stop! Please. I do not wish to think about that, right now Keeva. I will go."
Keeva apologizes for bringing it up, hugging the Nyx and then going to help Nisha find her room. Banou assures her friend that she is not angry or anything and goes to prepare herself as well.
In the atrium of the vessel, Banou sits quietly stroking her long French braided hair. She hears a door slide open from the left and presses her brown hair to her pink Koppra suit. The little girl becomes anxious and straightens her posture on the table, squirming on the bench in anticipation. She sighs her stress away as Keeva jogs over wearing a standard Saita transference suit of yellow and black. The white-haired female walks over to Banou and pats her on the back, followed by a friendly greeting. Her hazel eyes match up with Banou's golden peepers and the woman says that she will bring over the food while the girl has a chance to talk with the Grineer. But as the athletic built woman departs, she turns to the small caramel girl to speak.
"Um, sweetie? Just try not to stare too much okay? Nisha doesn't like to be ogled."
"What do you mean by that?"
"He-he-he, you'll find out soon enough!" The jittery Keeva mentions as she heads to the kitchen and pantry area.
The tiny Tenno girl slumps onto the table and plops her chin on her arms, wondering what Keeva was getting at. Is it possible that the Grineer is super ripped and is bulging with muscles? She certainly thinks it would be probable considering the heavy and husky looking armor the Grineer uses. Or is rather the opposite and Nisha is a blimp, a real porker. At least that way she could fill out every inch of her burly gear. Banou's pondering is about to come to an end as the sudden vibrations from the metal table announce the arrival of their guest. Not swiveling her head to face the Grineer, Banou freezes as Nisha's voice rings over her ears from behind.
"Banou, is that you?"
The Tenno rises from off the table and from her seat to properly welcome Nisha. The little girl knows of Nisha's great height and automatically turns around with her vision to the roof, but she did account for the how close the Grineer would be standing near her. Banou's eyes hone in on the huge titty buffet threatening to burst out of the tight Manduka the other female is wearing. The little girl steps back, falling onto the bench again to take rapid glances at the unbelievable figure. Banou might have her mouth open, but her hanging lower jaw can only utter stupefied gibberish. She jumps up in realization of her gawking and her head droops to the ground.
"F-forgive my rudeness Nisha! I d-do not mean t-to stare, I am j-just a bit sur-surprised by your a-appearance!"
Banou shrinks with every apologetic word as she cannot see what kind of face the tall Grineer is making and assumes the worst. She continues to find reasons to say sorry when Nisha's notable synthetic forearms come up slowly around the little girl. She squeaks defensively, but the flood of warm flesh smothering her face and entire torso calms her as the large female coos affectionately while stroking the little girl's chestnut colored hair.
Banou's muffled cries are sent into the thick cleavage from Nisha's suit as she could just barely zip it up to her bosom. The squishy giant lifts the small Tenno off the ground and gives her some time away from her big baby-feeders to breathe. She strains her lungs to catch as much oxygen as she can, terrified of what the Grineer has in store for her next.
"I thought I w-was going to die in there!" Banou gasps, dangling in the air under Nisha's tender embrace. "Please Nisha, put m-me down! This is em-embarrassing!"
Something clicks in Nisha, her dopey expression turning red. "Oh! My ap-apologies! I d-do not know what came over me! S-sorry Ren-"
The two girls fall silent, Nisha places Banou gently onto the bench and sits herself right across from her. The large Grineer female's face is gloomy as she fidgets constantly to position her thick thighs comfortably on the bench. Banou also cannot remain still, remembering that Nisha declared Ren as her mate back on Eris. A surge of envy and anger cloud her judgement. The little girl's visage twists into a glare as she scopes the other female from top to bottom. Feeling Banou's dark stare on her form, Nisha covers her buxom chest that is laid out on the table like two ripe watermelons for sale at a fruit stand.
'Look at her! She is ten times the woman I am and yet, her face tells me she is as young as me! I just do not understand, why would Ren fool around with someone like me when he already had this fertility goddess to make love to! Oh it frustrates me so much to think that he was probably just using me for fun, but I will not accept that! His love for me was genuine, I know it was! But then, why did he not arrive with Nisha? Why is she alone? Did Ren... is he... no... she would be way more upset if he was... I have to ask her! I need to know!'
"Nisha!" The little girl yells without noticing her frown and harsh tone.
"Ah! Y-yes?"
"Just now, why did you call me Ren?"
The large Grineer looks sideways with visible distress, searching for the answer in her ample bust. Banou swears if she has to take one more glance at Nisha's ridiculous boobage, she will flip.
"Nisha, I need to know right now. Tell me why. Please, did something happen to him? Is he okay?"
"The way you reacted to seeing my body and your small stature, you reminded me of him so much."
Banou listens closely as Nisha commences telling everything that happened after the Tenno left Ren with her. The little girl puts her hand to her forehead and her eyes squint as she bites her lip in disbelief. Both of them abandoned him, turned their backs on the one that rescued them in their darkest hour. Even though it was Ren's fault Nisha was almost eaten in the first place and Freya's big reveal has lessened the gravity of Banou's experience by some extant. Regardless, Ren showed Nisha and Banou the beauty that lies in making love to someone. The sort of intimacy that people never share with anyone other than those that they hold most dear to their hearts. They both gaze into the others guilt ridden eyes, neither gave the boy the benefit of the doubt and shunned him as if he were some sort of monster. But before either female can voice their desire to go search for him, Keeva creeps up from behind Nisha. The brooding bubble the two girls have been enthralled in is popped with the spontaneous outburst from the sneaking woman as she latches onto Nisha from behind.
The big Grineer female yelps in astonishment as a pair of mitts more grabby and thorough then the boy's own hands, grope her breasts. Nisha's feels her strength leaving her body and Keeva shoves one hand right into her cleavage and squeezes her milk jugs directly. Banou is dumbfounded as she watches her friend vigorously molest the voluptuous Grineer Goliath, and is even more bewildered when Keeva talks.
"Finally I caught you off guard Nisha! Gosh Banou, you have no idea how hard I tried to give these babies a good feel when I saw them!"
Nisha, naturally, is not at all happy with being felt up and begs to be spared."K-Keeva, stop th-this at once! Or else I-I swear you w-will regret it! Ah!"
"Aw don't be such a prude Nisha! You can't have boobies like these and not share them, that's just plain mean!" Keeva teases playfully. Nisha starts moaning in response as Keeva now has both hands jammed inside her Manduka's unzipped opening.
"Pl-please, ah! Mnngh! Let me go K-Keeva... Y-you are, ugh! Be-being so rough..."
"Oh you are almost as cute as Banou, I just can't!" Keeva takes a peek down, her right arm sliding out of the titty canyon and going toward Nisha's backside. Meanwhile, Banou is hiding her flustered face behind her hands but continues to watch on in curiosity through the cracks of parted fingers. The woman winds back her hand just a bit and then smacks it onto Nisha's fat ass cheeks. The jiggling butt meat is only stopped by Keeva's hand clinging to one glute and her fingers digging into the flesh.
"By the Orokin, this ass would drive anyone insane! Its begging for a good spanking!"
"N-no! Keeva please! You would not do so-something so cruel w-would you?"
"Better get this booty ready, because I don't plan on going easy on you!" Nisha's begging does not cease as she looks at Banou for help, stretching her augmented arm across the table." Oh no you don't, you're not going anywhere honey! This is your punishment!"
"F-for wh-what, what d-did I do to you?" Cries the Grineer.
"Its not what you did to me, its what you did to my little Banou. You and that boy, making her cry like that! I'll make sure to teach this lewd behind of yours a lesson!" Keeva states, with her smile becoming fiendish.
The tall female's green eyes swell up with tears, not of fear, but of shame. She looks at Banou and repeats "I am sorry" to the small girl repeatedly as the first tear drops form on her chest. Banou has had it with Keeva's antics, she gets up from her side and grabs Keeva's wrist. She looks the woman right in her hazel eyes and beseeches her to stop.
"Aw Banou, I wasn't really gonna hit Nisha's tushy again. I just couldn't control myself when I heard those adorable little moans!"
Keeva removes her hands from the Grineer's softer spots and wraps her arms around Nisha's neck. She gives the big girl a quick kiss on her wet cheek and one final hug.
"Sorry for bullying you like that Nisha, I just got a little too worked up? Eh-he-he-he?"
"That is o-okay Keeva, I forgive you. But if you girls would not mind, could we have dinner now. I am really hungry!" Nisha says with a grumble from her stomach. Banou and Keeva both laugh, as Nisha manages to do an awkward giggle at best. The three girls indulge in nice dinner with one another as they past the time eating and chatting. Time passes them by as the ship's clock chimes to signal night on the vessel as the blackness of space is always illuminated by the sun. The littlest Tenno makes her concern for Freya and their captain known to Keeva, but Keeva tells her that they fried the beast over an hour ago. Banou does not seem to convinced, but takes Keeva's word for it.
Keeva throws her hands in the air and yawns loudly. "Well ladies, looks like its time to hit the hay!"
"Hit the hay? What does that mean?" Nisha inquires as Banou steps over with some dirty dishes to tell her it is just an old expression people from Earth use.
"That's right, so get this messed clean up you two! I did cook after all, so I think its only fair? Ha-ha!" Keeva grins, Banou rolling her eyes and agreeing with a sigh. But before Keeva leaves, she stops herself behind Nisha as she is bent over the table picking plates. Keeva grabs the those wide motherly hips with both hands and slams her pelvis into Nisha's huge caboose.
"Gosh, if only I had a... oh wait... Freya has... yeah that could work!" Her last words are spoken deviously as Keeva takes special attention in bidding farewell to Nisha. The thick Grineer female looks to Banou with worry and wants to know if that woman is always this aggressive and promiscuous.
"Yeah, she acted the same way with me the first time we met but I quickly put her in her place."
"How did you do it Banou?" Nisha wonders.
"I cried. A lot."
"Oh..."
Banou and Nisha both tidy up the place while conversing with one another. The thought of the boy has fled their minds for now as they finish tending to the chore. The little Tenno waves goodnight to the tall Grineer, but Nisha's orange and black cybernetic limb touches her shoulder. She is almost as timid as Banou in her question, but manages to ask if she could sleep in Banou's room. The smaller girl is somewhat suspicious, but any ulterior motives she would have read easily by tapping into the larger girl's mind. She thinks nothing of it and agrees, leading the Grineer to her room as she had done so with Ren.
As Banou lets out a low yawn also, the sudden thought finally hits her. Where is Nisha planning on resting? She does not have to think about it for long as the curvy amazon of a Grineer tucks herself under Banou's pink bed sheets. The little girl stands at the edge of the bed, looking at Nisha's back in uncertainty of what to do next. They are both girls so there should be no problem right? Right, so the Tenno decides to crawl onto the mattress with her new friend. She tries to get under the covers, but when she climbs over Nisha's legs, she is snatched up. Nisha secures the girl tightly against her chest and caresses her back.
The larger female whispers down to her. "Banou? Can you do me a favor?"
"Well that d-depends on the favor?"
"I am ashamed to ask you for such a thing, but I cannot bear this any longer."
Banou swallows hard, it does not take telepathy to recognize the lust that is filling Nisha's eyes. "G-go ahead, I will not m-make fun of you. Whatever it may be."
"Do you remember when Keeva viciously molested my um, chest?"
"Nisha, what are you getting at?" Banou asks, taking a peek at the said area over and over again.
"Well this may sound strange but... I wish to nurse you."
"...Excuse me?"
Nisha proceeds to explain her rare condition, the ability to lactate due to a hormonal imbalance that induces the production of milk in pregnant women. Keeva unintentionally stimulated the sensitive tissue in her breasts, causing her some of her bodily secretion to seep out through the milk ducts and out her nipples. Nisha was careful enough to pad her areolas with napkins after a trip to the bathroom to soak up the calcium rich fluid. It would not be so troublesome if her alveoli cells did not produce the sweet syrup in such quantity that it leaks from her nipples uncontrollably. Even worse is that she does not secrete normal thin, white milk, she instead produces a thicker and sweeter yellowish blend.
The Grineer sits upright and unzips her puppies, the massive mammaries ooze small drops of that golden nectar as she tries to appeal to Banou. "When they get like this, if feels like my breasts are burning up and I get all hot and bothered. Doing it alone is so tedious and difficult, please Banou. If it is about drinking it, then you can spit it out if you do not like it?"
"No Nisha, do not worry! I will help."
"Oh thank you Banou! You do not know how relieved I am to hear you say that!"
The milky Grineer female asks what position would most please the smaller female. Banou responds by saying all she needs to do is lay down and relax while she takes care of the rest. Banou reassures herself that there is nothing wrong with helping a fellow girl in need and repeats it in her head like a mantra. Nisha puts her arms over her orange bob cut and closes her eyes with a serene smile sweeping over her face. The little girl hunches over the Grineer with her arms at Nisha's sides and chooses the right tit to begin with. It is a massive mound of breast flesh, yet the meaty orb only sags slightly due to the immense weight. She locates the swollen nipple, her tiny brown lips prodding the pink plushy marshmallow as her mouth opens wider. Nisha's voice comes out as a euphoric groan as Banou suckles with the thirst of a starving newborn and places her left hand on the other available boob for better leverage.
The large body this deliciously enormous honey making titty is attached to, commences writhing and sighing in relief. Her milk is unlike any other substance Banou has tasted and the small girl gulps it down rapaciously and is unrelenting in her intense suckling. The pleasure is borderline painful as Nisha feels how Banou tugs at her bosom and gnaws her thick milk nubs to agitate her breasts further. The little girl's expression appears vexed for some reason as she shuts her eyes and grinds her head into the big bouncy light toned milk tank. She pulls back with the her lips wrapped around all that succulent titty meat and slurps as hard as she can until Nisha's face expresses pain. The boob plops back into shape after being let go, Banou wipes the syrup dripping from her chin and clasps the other ignored breast on the left.
"It is not fair." The small girl whines with her frown returning.
"Banou what is wro- ah! Hey that h-hurts!"
"How come you get to have such big boobs and huge butt too? What size are these monsters anyway, JJ-cups? Mine are just barely A cups!" The flat chested girl growls, passing her tongue over her lips while locking onto the hardening nip before her.
"Ca-calm down Banou, What has got-gotten into you?"
But the tiny female is determined to force the larger female into submission and sucks that sweet creamy milk from her bosom once more. Nisha throws her head from side to side, panting and moaning, her torso thrusts ever so slightly as she is milked. Banou stops only to tell Nisha that she plans to suck her dry, until her breasts are so drained that they decrease in size. The heavier set girl can only whimper in protest and hopes that his will be over soon. Nisha's body is preparing itself to be bred, but it is for not as another female body is the cause of her arousal and not a male. Her moist hole reeks with a pervasive odor that makes Banou's head swirl, her own little slit starts wetting her Koppra's fabric.
Banou tosses off her attire and straddles Nisha's face before the moaning giant can react. The small girl grabs the orange hair at her crotch and stares right down into Nisha's green unfocused eyes.
"Now it is your turn to relieve me of my pressure. Would you not agree?"
"Mmmmhm."
Banou opens her mouth to the bedroom ceiling to let her tongue hang as she howls. Her fingers massage Nisha's scalp, pulling her close if her mouth strays too far. The small Tenno grinds and gyrates her hips on the Grineer's face, riding her like no tomorrow. Sticky fem-cum runs along Nisha's face, her slithering tongue penetrating the quivering little cunt that is trying to dominate her. The slimy appendage worms through the incredibly tight vagina until it stabs Banou's cervix and elicits a groan from the girl. Nisha's thick muscle continues to burrow in and out of the cute orifice and brings Banou an inevitable orgasm. The large female too climaxes as she has been fingering her fuck-hole nonstop since she began licking the girl. She laps up the trembling pussy lips and little clit while jamming her woman full of fingers to bring herself to pure bliss. Banou falls back onto her partner's large frame and is nestled between the two hefty breasts as the both nipples throb with milk gushing out.
"Nisha... haaa... ah!... can w-we... uhhhh... go to b-bed now?"
"Yeah B-Banou... ohhhh... it is t-time... to rest..."
The two girls do not bother to clean up the sticky mess they have made, snuggling with one another under the pink, wet sheets. The smallest girl lays on top of her friend's chest, using one large breast as a pillow and leaving one hand on the other. The more imposing female cradles her petite companion and rests her face in the girl's brown hair so that she can inhale that familiar scent for the rest of the night. They slowly drift into slumber, but are disturbed by a transmission to Banou who awakens Nisha as well. It is Freya on the other line and she is quite spooked.
"Hey, hey Banou! Wake up for the Void's sake! We got an emergency!"
"Huh? F-Freya? wha-what is going on?" She says with sleepy eyes.
"Remember when I said me and Myrrha fried that son of a bitch you brought on board?"
Banou informs Nisha of the urgent matter before responding to the other Tenno."Yeah, you two said you killed it and-"
"It's not dead."
"Wh-what? How?"
The beastie didn't just look like a Warframe, it was a Warframe! There was someone inside that thing, and whoever or whatever they were they, exited the body not to long ago."
Banou's face is horrified to know that she was the one that brought that creature aboard and now it is loose on the ship.
"Stay in your room and arm yourself with whatever you got! Keeva and Myrrha are on their way right now, I'm going to get Nisha-"
"Actually she is here, with me?"
Freya is silent for a few seconds commenting on the coincidental tendency of guests always staying in her room, but returns to the real pressing issue. The blond-haired Tenno ends the transmission by wishing the two good luck as she goes to catch up to Keeva and the captain. Banou dresses herself and runs over to her room's arsenal, which is linked to her own landing craft's for ease of access and storage. She loads her Vectis sniper rifle as the Grineer walks over to get a big gun for herself too. In that moment, her door shines bright green as it was opened from the other side.
The Harbinger had grown still as the operator left the Warframe and ran on his own two feet. He stepped into the light, nude and glistening with an orange residue, exhaling deeply for air. His face rose to the two females and his lips wrenched themselves open so that his words escape.
"Nisha... Banou... "
Ren drops to the floor, the darkness engulfing his mind.
-Author's end note: Interesting tidbit I wanted to share with you guys. You may have noticed that the girl on girl scene with Banou and Nisha is very reminiscent of the scene in chapter two, well there's a good reason for that! I had originally planned the first two chapters of this entire series with Banou in Ren's place, and it was gonna be a big taco platter. I scrapped that idea after thinking it over and finding it more satisfying with a male lead for plot reasons!
