Malek took off after The Shrieker and started firing his Dark Lances at Tahril's Raven fighter, but Tahril must have paid a lot of attention when he was learning how to fly his Raven. Malek had listened well too but was not trained in aerial combat against Raven Fighters. He knew the weaknesses and strengths of Dark Eldar Razorwings, Voidraven Bombers, Venoms, Ravagers, Raiders and other Dark Eldar vehicles but not the old vehicles, Ravens were now used in Commorragh by those who either had not known about the new vehicles, weapons and armour and ideas or those who had chosen to keep things traditional. Tahril and his warband weren't in Commorragh at the Time of Change, so they may have in terms of weaponry Tahril's warband had a disadvantage but that didn't mean it made them less dangerous. One of Malek's many ideas's popped into his head and he sped up and zoomed straight past Tahril, at an alarmingly close distance between his Razorwing and Tahril's Raven. Tahril was confused at this move but decided that he couldn't miss an opportunity like this. Ignoring any thought of danger, Tahril fired his Splinter cannon that was mounted above the cockpit and fired the Dark Lances that were on both wings. Malek knew that Tahril would make a move against Malek; Tahril's judgement was clouded with anger and bloodlust.
Malek suddenly flew up in a 90 degree angle and opened up a Webway portal and it closed as soon as he was in it. Tahril was confused at this movement and opened the cockpit to look out at the battle below him to see if there was something happening below him. He saw nothing and he closed the cockpit and stopped flying and his Raven just hung there, in the air, and saw a flash in the top of his eyes and he look up, only to see The ShadowSword bearing down on him. Tahril quickly gunned the engines and shot forwards but wasn't fast enough as 3 Dark Lance beams pierced his fighter, the fourth just narrowly missing him. His ship going down, all Tahril could do was assume a crash position, as his ship with a large banging noise smashed through the pylons at the top of the Thermo Power Generators in the area's that were full of Slag Deposits. His ship hit the ground with a loud scraping noise as it scraped along the ground and came to a stop just in front of his main Kabal Fortress. Tahril ran inside his fortress as he saw Malek land and jump out, blade in hand, and Malek followed. As Malek neared the Fortress its gates closed but that proved no problem for him as he smashed them open with a fist made of darkness and ran inside looking for Tahril.
"Tahril!" shouted Malek "We finish this, here and now!"
As Malek searched the place for Tahril, he became aware that there was a low humming noise that was coming from a room with a huge, closed door. As Malek reached for the control panel to open it but stopped as a small voice in the back of his head was screaming at him "DON'T OPEN IT!" Malek trusted his instincts and instead got shadows to do it for him. As soon as the door was open, Malek dived for cover as a huge Disintegrator Cannon fired. He looked at what had shot at him and grinned, it looked like he was going to get a challenge as he got out from his cover and assumed a stance as if he was having a chat with the Dark Eldar Titan, activated and operated by Tahril.
"Yes!" shouted Malek "It looks like you got a good idea in your head for once Tahril!"
The Titan stayed silent as it changed its Dark Lance to a Large Agoniser Claw but it kept the Disintegrator Cannon out.
"Tahril, I know you can hear me!" shouted Malek "And I know that this Titan was created by the Rending Talon"
"How do you know that?" came a metallic, loud voice
"It's sporting the Rending Talon's colours and mark!" replied Malek "And I also know that my father gave it to you to help you and as a gift"
"You know too much for your own good, Malek" said the voice
"Then silence me!" shouted back Malek, assuming a fighting stance "Or you can at least try!"
Tahril took the bait and slammed the ground with his fist, Malek narrowly avoiding it by rolling away. Malek climbed onto the fist and his entire body started crackling with dark energy. Malek knew that this was a risky move, storing up so much darkness but it was worth a try, as he let it flow out in the form of dark lightning, shocking zapping the Titan, the Titan falling to its knees and letting out a sigh. Malek laughed at Tahril, an Archon who had failed The Black Heart Kabal, Lord Vect and Commorragh. But Malek's mirth was short lived as the Titan rose to its feet slowly, weapons activating.
"You haven't taken me down yet, Sythil!" shouted the voice
Malek ran towards the Titan, blade in hand. He tried to remember the plans for the Titan as he and his father had planned its construction, a weapon for Commorragh that was…. unstoppable.
Malek suddenly remembered it, the Titan was made out a metal that self-repaired itself, it's systems inside of it did this too. The user's nervous system was bound with the Titan until the Titan was either blown apart or the user had gotten out of it. The weapons that changed from ranged to close combat were the best Dark Eldar weapons made in history. Malek did remember as well, it's one weakness; a sword imbued with darkness and that sword was the sword of Khaine but not just any Avatar of Khaine, the Dark Eldar one. The Dark Eldar had been trying to match the problem of their Craftworld kin and their Avatar of Khaine. They had succeeded in making a Dark Avatar of Khaine but the transformation was too risky, all who had tried were killed in the attempt. Male had studied the transformation but had never tried it.
Even someone as experienced as him was too worried about the results. It was a risky idea but it was the only thing that could destroy the Titan, other than blowing it up. Between the option of risking his life by trying to turn into the Dark Avatar of Khaine and safely killing Tahril in an explosion, he preferred the more dangerous one, he had always been taking risks ever since he was 7, when he had stolen a Helliarch's skyboard and had flown to Lord Vect's palace, where he crashed into a meeting. All the other Archons pulled their weapons on him, but Lord Vect realised his potential to be a great Archon and took pity on him and told the other Archons to put their weapons away. When Supreme Archon of the Kabal of The Rending Talon, Velspect Sythil turned up looking frantically for his son, he found him with Lord Vect and Malek and Malek were having a conversation about what Malek wanted to be when he was at the age of 16, the age when Dark Eldar adolescents strike out on their own. Velspect took Malek from Lord Vect, sincerely apologizing to him for the disturbance and told him what had happened. Vect listened with interest and laughed, saying that Malek had great potential and would be a great Supreme Archon of the Kabal of The Rending Talon. Of course though, what else happened between him and Lord Vect that day was a story for another time. But still, reflecting on his past was always something fun to do. Malek leaped backwards through an open door and out to the battle that was still occurring outside. The entire Kabal Fortress collapsed as the Titan walked out, Disintegrator Cannon flashing, The Dark Covenant's followers falling as they rushed towards the Titan to protect Malek from the blast, throwing him out of the way. Malek called off all of his followers, telling them to fight their own battles. Malek charged at the Titan, body crackling with dark energy, stopping at its feet. He began the process by cutting his arm and letting the blood drip out into a bowl made of darkness, he then offered the blood to Khaine, Bloody Handed God of War, the only Eldar god held with high regard in Commorragh. There was a red glow and the face of Khaine appeared before Malek, bellowing his might to all, startling many but most continued the fight. Khaine opened his mouth and chanted and there was an explosion of darkness around Malek, isolating him from all but Khaine.