Hello, once again! As you can clearly see from the title of the chapter, this will be the first boss chapter!(though Riksis hardly counts as a boss, am I right?) I also heard that Trials is coming back this weekend. Sad to say that I can't make it. Remember, if you can't/don't want to use Sunbreaker, use Defender. Suppressor grenades will flat out negate supers.

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Chapter 7: Riksis, Devil Archon

Sensō's POV

"Fireteam Infinity, correct?" asked Zavala.

"Yes, sir," I answered.

"We have a mission for you. One of our scouts crashed into the Cosmodrome, and reported that the nearby Fallen have some sort of Warp Drive. Our scout attempted to take it, since his was destroyed in the crash. We never heard from him since. We want you three to investigate,"

I saw Marcole look at Zavala at the mention of a Warp Drive. "Sir, I believe that Warp Drive is mine. Before Daniel and I left the Cosmodrome, I noticed my Warp Drive was missing," he spoke. That's all we ever heard from him.

"Then this mission is your biggest priority. You cannot fly out of orbit without a drive. You must retrieve it, since Amanda is using all of hers already. Good luck, guardians,"

We all nodded, and I felt Sentinel teleport me to my ship. Behind, I saw Marcole's ship and Daniel's new ship.

"I've never flew a ship before," Daniel said. "But I'll try,"

We flew straight for the coordinates our ghosts gave us. Daniel was a little lagging and occasionally dropped a few feet, but his ghost helped him.

A few minutes later, we reached the coordinates. The sky was bright, but the grass was dead. We flew over an old, crumbling wall to a more open area. Sentinel teleported me out of my ship to the ground.

I felt like I was wearing a helmet. On my left showed what gun I held and how much ammo I had left. On top, I saw a grey bar that was rapidly filling up. On my top left, I saw another radar, and on my top middle, I saw a light-grey bar with three ticks on it.

I saw Daniel and Marcole teleport next to me. However, they looked very different. I saw a hunter with Marcole's cloak, but he had some sort of mask on. He still had Marcole's "armor." Daniel, on the other hand, was wearing a very short white robe. He wore a helmet with a "black screen" on it.

"Ok, right now we're in the Steppes. The guardian gave us coordinates to his crashed ship before he broke off. Maybe he left a report about where he was headed," Sentinel explained. I saw a grey arrow pointing north on my radar, which I followed. My teammates followed suit.

We climbed up and down a few hills, eventually I saw a crashed ship in the distance near a large pool of water. However, I saw two four-armed aliens, a two-armed one, and a small floating robot.

"Fallen. Two vandals, a dreg, and a shank," whispered Koronis. I nodded. So this was what the Fallen are. They look a lot prettier than Hive, that's for sure. I took aim with my scout rifle, carefully aiming at their heads. I shot the dreg standing still first, but now all the other Fallen were alerted. I heard hand cannon shots from the distance, and all but one of the vandals remained. I heard a tri-burst, and now all I could see were dead bodies near the ship.

As we walked towards the broken ship, Koronis appeared and floated towards it. "Listen," he said. "It's a lost report. Perhaps he was going to tell us where he was going before he took off," I listened patiently.

"This is... I am heading towards...inside the walls, east from he..."

"According from what I can gather, he was heading towards The Divide,"

"I've never explored that part of the Cosmodrome, but I know the way based on Rasputin's maps," Daniel said. We followed his lead to a small building with stairs. There was a few Fallen, but we shot them down very quickly.

As we entered the building and turned left into a hall, I saw a golden box. "Look, over there," I said. I opened it, and I saw different gear for each of us. I got a new helmet, Daniel got a new pair of boots, and Marcole got a new cloak. We all immediately equipped our gear. My helmet let me hold more scout rifle ammo in a magazine, which was very convenient.

We kept walking. After jumping over a broken room and heading down a set of stairs, I heard a beep from a ghost.

"I feel a dark presence. Be very careful," Maria advised. I also have a really bad feeling about this. We entered a room, where I saw about five vandals.

"IT'S IN THE WALLS!" Maria yelled. We all turned to a gaping hole in the farthest wall. A few seconds later, I saw a large Fallen crawl out.

"That's an Archon, Riksis. I know him. The same demon who took..." Daniel explained before stopping. All of a sudden, a large, purple spiral of energy formed on his right palm, and he jumped high in the air. He threw the now-larger orb at Riksis, instantly killing the surrounding vandals in the blast, but not killing the archon himself, though he was badly injured. Daniel fell to the floor, panting while Marcole and I fired at Riksis as we covered him.

A few more vandals appeared, but Daniel managed to get up very quickly and shot all of them. Riksis walked towards us, attempting to fire at us with some sort of shrapnel launcher, but we retreated back to the nearby pillars to hide. Once my shields got back up(I learned what everything on my HUD does), I ran out of the pillar, jumped and hovered over Riksis, and shot-gunned his head. He flinched badly, but then stomped the ground, making me fly across the room.

"SHI-" I yelled before I crashed into the wall. He almost shot me, but then, somehow, he instantly disintegrated. From behind the spot where the archon once was, I saw Marcole, hand cannon in hand.

"Language," I heard from Daniel.

"It's not like there would be a child sane enough to be here anyways," I muttered.

"Need I remind you that I lived in this region with a computer for most of my life?"

"I said "sane" child," I replied. Both of us laughed, while Marcole stayed as silent as usual.

"Over there. That must be Marcole's Warp Drive," Koronis pointed out. Marcole picked up an object from the spot where we ended the archon. "We'll let the vanguard know that we retrieved the Drive AND killed the Devils' current archon. Today is a good day,"

As Marcole teleported to his ship, I walked up to Daniel. "What was all that magic about?" I asked.

"That archon... He brings back memories. He... He killed my parents right in front of me. I remember as he held my parents' bodies as I ran to Rasputin's bunker. I guess seeing him again made me unleash that power," he explained.

I sat down next to him. "I don't know much about having parents or families, but if I saw the same person who murdered anyone I know, I would probably burn them to death,"

Daniel looked at me. "Thanks. You know, if it weren't for you and Marcole, I probably wouldn't have gotten the chance to avenge my parents,"

I smiled, and nodded. "We better get to our ships now. Marcole's probably been waiting,"

Back at the tower, Marcole stayed in the Hangar while his Warp Drive was being fixed into his ship, leaving Daniel and I to report to the vanguard.

"Your ghosts told us about your success," Zavala explained. "The death of the Devils' archon is a great triumph today, guardians. Their Prime Servitor is now vulnerable thanks to you,"

"We also learned of your new power, Daniel. According to your ghost's image, you created a large Nova Bomb for a new warlock. Very impressive," Ikora complimented.

"I just acted out of instinct. Riksis was the one who murdered my parents, so it was natural for me to go all out,"

"Your instincts helped defeat the archon, and it also helped avenge your parents. Right now, the warlocks, myself, and not even the Speaker knows much about what happens after death, but I'm sure your parents are proud of you, wherever they are,"

"Thank you," he said.

"Guardians," Zavala asked. "We have another mission ready for your fireteam if you're ready," Daniel and I both nodded.

"When Marcole gets his ship fixed, we want you to go back to the Cosmodrome. Reports are saying that the Fallen are hiding something in the Skywatch,"

"It must be something that was recently found. I lived in the Cosmodrome for years, and I would've known if there was something there. Rasputin told me he doesn't have anything valuable that the Fallen found. Perhaps there was a computer with files that were discovered,"

"If they found something belonging to Rasputin, then we must make sure they never take control of it. Check with Marcole to see if he's ready,"

We entered the Hangar to see Marcole standing near his ship as the nearby Frames worked hard.

"Hey Marcole! We have another mission from Zavala. Is your ship fixed?" Daniel asked. Marcole, once again, nodded. Guy needs to get more social.

"Meet us in orbit!" I exclaimed as Sentinel teleported me.

"It hasn't even been twenty-four hours and we already killed an archon. I'm not even going to be surprised if we kill a their Servitor," Sentinel sighed.

"You know, how come I didn't see any Fallen in that one city you found me in?" I asked.

"There probably was. However, the Fallen are stationed at the Cosmodrome, so we would probably only see one small crew in that city,"

"What city?" Daniel asked from the coms.

"I don't know, but it was a very large city on an island. According to the Cryptarchs, it was part of the same continent as Old Russia," Sentinel explained.

"Might have been Old Tokyo, and old Japanese city Rasputin told me about,"

"In any case, I wouldn't go there. Guardians are over there, cleaning up the remainder of the Hive. Trust me, you don't want to fight the Hive," replied Sentinel.

"Doubt I will. I haven't seen Hive in the Cosmodrome. The only other place the Hive are at is on Luna,"

Quick chapter, and very short fight! But what can I say, Riksis can be killed by a third grader, and there were three guardians. You want me to make them struggle? Don't worry, the other bosses won't be pushovers(or bullet sponges). Next chapter, spoilers, won't be about The Warmind, since the vanguard already knows about Rasputin. The last conversation in this chapter should give you a hint.

Side note, you know what I want? A "Watch Me Whip" emote. One time, my cousins were three manning Crota with me, Crota pointed at us and one of my cousins said "he's doing the whip!" We all just laughed XD. I mean, we can still wear the Crota mask and use the point emote, but it would just look a lot sillier if you could do the whip. Use Ruin Wings, Glow Hoo, grab a Swordbearer sword, do the whip and your pretty much Crota.