Chapter 22
Shadows of the past
-Tuo-
"Alright.. We are here." Davoskis said while carrying a scorch cannon.
"We got to be careful this time. This ogre can tear us apart easily, it can do that to you as well." Ivect pleaded.
"Agreed, may I suggest these cannons?" I walked out and pointed to the ion cannon.
"Not enough. We matched a power of an ion cannon, and we tried to use it on him, but it really wouldn't work. He then ripped his leg off." Ivect said. "We couldn't dare to encounter him again."
They landed near the dismantled Dreadnought, and were prepared to face one of the Sevawing's mortal enemy. Ivect warned them that he would rise out of the swamp, followed by a piercing roar that made the water ripple continuously. I was just waiting for the right moment to shoot him right in his head. If it was as tough as Ytrian said, then I am probably going to die easily. Luckily, I heard that ogres were slow. Hopefully that is true, since I need time to aim and charge just like a Sevawing. Then I just got a transmission from the council reading; Return before we hunt you down with assassins, You- They were cut off by transmission after a very eerie sound. My comms began to render dark and before I knew it, the Suit started powering down. Volxhos was also questioning why there was the energy drain effect, as he assumed it was a parasitic eximus.
Some person came through a wormhole from the ground, that looked like Volxhos in some way, but more edgy than him. He was black and red, as he came through with a flaming sword. He frantically asked; "Where is that thing!?". I answered to him that we just did not know, and we were about to face an ogre. He said his name was Altayous, and he was searching for the cause of the power grid failing miserably. He agreed to help us with the task, but on one cost, trying to find Akaz. I did not know who he is, so I asked him what was he and his origin. "A Dragon, and a real threat to handle." He said. Davoskis came over a minute later, wanting to know what the commotion was about, but then earthquakes started happening, the water was rippling vigorously. We pulled up all of our guns, ready to fight against the abomination.
It rose up out of the water, and Altayous called him Golgoroth. He began pondering how he could've managed to survive after he killed him, but he also raised his gun while thinking.
"One second, Shiro is alerting me with something again." He said while taking cover behind a rock. "Hey all of you, you might want to get into cover, his eye will tear you to shreds."
Shiro was heard through his helmet, as his words were very quiet, and very hard to understand. Altayous replied to him with shock, talking about some weird figure coming towards his location, and what it did. If I heard him correctly I think he might of said, He just absorbed Atheon's eye, and he is coming fast, towards your location. Golgoroth then fully appeared above the marsh, towering over us with a head almost like a spider, and bonds on his deformed hands. He had no eyes, although he did have a tear in his head that was yellow. We could not pinpoint where his weak spot was, until he opened his head. I shot at it quick before he turned around, and then he closed it, turning his head to me. He began spewing some axion bolts at me, that just went towards me and Inaj. I tried to shoot each and every one of them, but when I got into cover, they bounced and hit me in the head. Venom came into my suit, corrosively burning my skin, turning it into rotten flesh, making infections. I groaned in pain, but it disappeared for a second. What I saw after I got back into cover was his chest opened, and Altayous was firing at it with a laser beam. Each shot did not work or to be honest even put a scratch into him.
I had excruciating pain from the impact, only not letting me see well, and Inaj repaired the suit by himself. I thanked him and ran back up to a high rock so I can shoot the back of his head easily. Altayous warned me to stop, but Davoskis then added to his comment that he is going to let us beat him, and the back of his head was the way to go. Altayous nodded and prepared for a whole clip to be unloaded upon Golgoroth. Suddenly another wormhole appeared, but this time from midair, suspended as a crack in time, and came out a black dragon with darkness spiraling around it. I took it this was one of Raleigh's minions so I backed away before he could see me. Altayous called out His name, and that was Akaz. When I looked at him, he was in progress of his claws going longer, and he was preparing for an attack on Golgoroth. Davoskis then walked out, shooting the back of his head with a scorch cannon, and suddenly his gaze met his. He ran to Akaz, knowing that if he was in the way, he could take down Golgoroth, but before he did, Akaz disappeared into the shadows, and reappeared, dashing towards his chest, immediately taking his claws and stabbing him while roaring loudly. His rage seemed to make Golgoroth angrier, and it tried to grab him by the wings. He then succeeded in doing so, and began pulling the hardest he could, but Akaz seemed to not worry.
"Oh god no.. Get out of there!" Davoskis yelled.
"Too late, He is dead." Ivect replied.
Golgoroth then tried and slam him into the floor to try and break his wing, but it did not work, as if his wing was indestructible or something. I saw Ivect's face when Akaz was slammed into the floor and Golgoroth failed to hurt him. The black Dragon's ferocity, then increased, and he began spewing a similar, but more powerful version of what the Sevawings use. He accidentally bit his head and his back closed up, following by the axion bolts infused with the Ogre's venom. It kept on blasting Akaz right in the face, but he did not seem to care, as he began head-locking him so that we could shoot. We all began shooting his chest, hoping we could take him down, but his chest closed, and he focused more on Akaz for now. His head then sprung back up and Roa'urn shot it, as the gaze was transferred directly to him, Roa'urn decided to take matters into his own hands. He shot each axion bolt, and rendered each one against him, taking the ogre's weapon against itself. Davoskis then reached into his pocket, and noticed that something was discretely placed in. It looked like a storm infused orb, that when he touched, it looped around and hit him right in his chest. He could feel the arc energy running through him, and suddenly, each of the ogre's blasts became almost nothing.
"Davoskis... Are you now a Striker?" Altayous asked. "I did not know fallen could inherit the light of the traveler."
"Welp, only one way to find out." Davoskis said.
I began shooting with the others, as Akaz took his gaze again and appeared behind us. His scales shot up, with a orb coming from his mouth. With it, came a huge beam that made Golgoroth go back a dozen meters. Davoskis then ran up to Golgoroth, and jumped over his hand while it was attempting to grab him, and Davoskis then emitted a pillar of arc energy, and smashed Golgoroth straight in the head. The impact sent Golgoroth straight into the ground. We thought it was over, until Davoskis was met with his grasp. They began contesting each other trying to see who was the one who is going to die, and Davoskis was already losing. Akaz then saw Davoskis struggling and quickly rammed Golgoroth, making his head disappear as well with his bite. He was released of the pressure, and the two animals were fighting against each other again. His chest was permanently open, and he became as weak as hell. Akaz floated up into the air, going backwards and then released a bunch of sharp blades that looked like it was a guillotine. Each slice then pierced through Golgoroth, and stunned him, making him vulnerable. with ease. Akaz shot up his scales again, and the beam was shot through his mouth, causing Golgoroth to die without a breath. He was then walking over him with his claws inside his chest, knowing that he was a supreme.
He was really sure that he was dead this time, but then is arm rose up and grabbed his leg, and he was thrown away from the marsh. He hit a nearby ship of the Dreadnought, and he got back up. Akaz was looking like it was aggravating how things have more than nine lives, so he stood up on his hind legs, and formed a spear.
"No... Please do not tell me he is going to do that again!" Davoskis dramatically yelled.
"Wait.. What do you mean?" Ivect questioned.
"Last time he used it, the spear drained the life force out of him." Roa'urn explained.
"No worries. His punishment serves him well." Altayous calmly explained.
"But-" Roa'urn said while being interrupted by Altayous.
"Watch and learn Davoskis." Altayous said while clapping. "Watch and learn."
He held his spear in hand, and without aiming, he threw it at Golgoroth, and impaled him to the wall. Akaz flew over and held his Tyunasis, a pistol that looked like a bow, and a sniper rifle. With it, he shot Golgoroth in the chest, making the ogre become frail, and immobilized. It imploded, making a explosion of a blast, while making a force so strong that it turned the ships around. With the implosion, Akaz then opened up his wings and let it be fully exposed before he absorbed his energy. He roared again, letting them know that he meant business.
"Well done Akaz..." Altayous complimented Akaz.
"What the? How did he pull out his weapons, I thought it was tied to his warframe!?" Davoskis questioned.
"Oh, but he doesn't now. The punishment was a black magic card, laid on a table." Altayous softly said.
"What do you mean by a black magic card?" I questioned.
"The black magic represents a negative and positive effect, similar to some on yours Volxhos. I can sense that Heavy Caliber on your Golden Vectis." Altayous explained. "Anyways, The corrupted Equinox corrupted his mind while me, Topsy, Littlefoot, and him were attempting to beat her. I feel guilty now since this was apparently my fault for being a arsonist. So what she did was intoxicate him with her dark magic, causing him to go insane, and lose his mind. Everything that he knew from the past, is now linked to him, what his defeated enemies could do, he now can do."
"And how do you know about him now more than us when we were actually there!?"
"Oh before that indecent with the corruption and all, he told me the whole story." "Grineer, Life force stolen, Lech Kril, and all that. I can assume the reason why he did not die from that spear. It is because it was linked to another thing now. A Nyx. He might of absorbed the life steal, and transformed that into power for himself. The huge laser that came from him was probably a mix of the fairies and Utosho. He must've killed a fairy that could shoot a laser, and Utosho was used to make it bigger. Transference is also a thing, but I am too lazy to explain that right now. What I am looking for is returning him to Equinox so that she may try and restore his mind."
"Guardian, my sensors just went dark, what happened!?" Shiro asked.
"My old friend is doing this. He is actually a ally, but the curse on him prevents you from seeing him through me." Altayous sighed and said.
"I do not care if he is your friend or foe, Take him out!" Shiro demanded.
"Sorry, at this point, if he was strong enough to take out Golgoroth and possibly the whole taken race with ease, then there is nothing I can do." Altayous sadly answered.
Shiro sighed and turned off the transmission. Volxhos asked him what was wrong. Altayous answered back to him explaining that Shiro doesn't know what he is saying. He also added that Shiro could also put the Iron lord, Saladin through.
"If each Guardian comes here and tries to slay him, there will be nothing left. Nothing, but him." Altayous explained. "I might of slain Golgoroth, but that was with help, from both my team and the environment. We couldn't do it without someone altering the light and increasing how we call damage."
"So How many guardians are there?" I asked.
"At this point, probably thousands, since now SIVA has killed most of them."Altayous insisted. "Equinox.. I found him. Give me the device now.." Altayous answered back.
"Wait, where is he going?" Mideran asked.
"From what I can guess, He is probably going to try and get the Ogre's venom from under his scales." Altayous answered. "It's probably slowly eating off his natural armor, and no one can stand the Ogre's venom. Invincible or not."
"What are you going to do? After all, you did want to find him." I inquired.
"This is a perfect opportunity. He is busy trying to remove the corrosive venom, and we got him right where we want him." Altayous responded.
In his hand, something similar to my suit's base appeared in his hand. It looked like a piece of legging of some sort, but it was curved strangely. He slowly walked towards him while he was dipping his head into the marsh. He was almost there, but then a bomb landed and he was sent back straight to his head. I looked up, and the Terrace came in with a mothership and a few destroyers in the process.
"How do they keep on finding us!?" Sasha cried out.
"They are tracking us most likely." Deji responded.
Soldiers landed from everywhere as a containment orb came and snatched the two Sevawings with Akaz with them, and the soldiers apprehended the whole team.
"You thought you could run. We just found your hiding place. Nice job on defeating the ogre by the way, now we can toy with SIVA a bit, and lets see what is possible." a Lieutenant reacted.
They were all lifted up into separate carriers, the mothership containing the dragons, and the two destroyers, each with half of the teams. Altayous however managed to be captured with Akaz.
-Altayous-
Great, They came and this is what happens... we all die. Although the benefit is, that Akaz could most likely eliminate the fleet. Akaz was trying to break the barrier, but this was a indestructible energy barrier. He could not break it. He then decided to just calm down, and take a breather. Although that was when he did realize I was right next to him, and he looked at me, with his head near my head, and his teeth giving a image of gore and flesh. I took this chance to put the mechanism onto his head, hopefully it will make him have control again. He then lunged at me with his ginormous mouth, and I slammed it onto his head before his tooth came into contact into my armor. He then was shocked, and looked dead for some reason. I held his mouth shut, whispering to him that he was back.
Lights were shut off in that room, except for the barrier and the base of it. Then a soldier of low ranking came in, and ran in, closed the door so that he may say something to us. He had a bow on his back, with a few grenades and stasis mines hooked onto his legs. He had a cybernetic suit to say at the least. He then turned the console on, and freed us, with the base still intact.
"Aren't you going to get into trouble if you do that?" I whispered.
"Shh... I am not one of them. Do not worry, I faked into it." "Name is Enuo. Listen, we can get out of here with what we both want. Although Akaz here is probably going to do all the work."
"Why does he have to do it?" Altayous responded.
"Elise can reach out to him. The lunar princess can make sure we are not all dead by sunrise." Enuo explained.
"You know that now he is more than capable of destroying this universe right?" Altayous said while leaning on Akaz.
"What? Okay, you know what, if that is true, then this is going to be easy. We can all be back home, and we aren't going to be prisoners. We just need the right time, and for him to be free at that time." Enuo spilled the beans to Altayous.
"Hopefully he is in control right now. He has to in order for this to work." Altayous explained.
"Agreed." Enuo nodded.
-Sasha-
Well, thank you stupid tracker on my tail. Things have gone from strange to bad very quick. I plucked the tracker from my tail, and snapped it in half with my paws. They have already disarmed me, and now I could probably not do anything to escape now. Tuo was separated from Inaj, although Inaj could hack through the barrier and set us all free at once. At this point, without a plan, we are all goners.
"Tuo. Tell me, why are they now hunting us and that dragon that was not a Sevawing?" I said.
"I-" Tuo was cut off.
"Do not guess. This was your plan from the beginning and we are suffering now. Now, if that AI has a plan then we must." Deji explained.
"If we stay silent they will go away. Although I just heard Inaj wanting to use his mainframe to crash the ship or use the ship's internal defenses to purge the cruiser." Tuo said.
"Nice Inaj." Tuo smiled at the mainframe of Inaj.
"Thank you and no problem." Inaj reacted.
-Roa'urn-
"Volxhos, anything that can help us?" I asked.
"I have already called my friends to try and free us from the left destroyer." He said. "Rest is up to us. I could probably rise a golden maw from up here."
"That's great. I am ready to take them down." I applauded.
"Me too." Latinis responded.
"Do not forget about the third." I said.
"Tenno, are you alright? The data stream was cut off for a second." The lotus interjected.
"Little problem. We got captured by the Terrace. Do not worry, I got a plan." Volxhos responded.
"I am sending a alert to all your fellow friends. Good luck." The Lotus alerted.
"Lotus eh?" I inquired.
"Just wait. they will come, and I am sure that the others will have other friends that can intercept us. Right now, we got to focus on hacking this ship so that we may escape." Volxhos explained.
"Why do I have a feeling like we are all about to explode?" Davoskis asked.
"Do not know, but whatever it is, it is possible. Lets get to work." I said.
Yes, and now the battle with the master of darkness is coming closer, and the weakness is getting there.
Thanks for all the views, and let me know by pm what I should do to make this a bit better. I have a feeling like I am going to do another Fanfiction. with the same rules apply, but this time no OC or FC, just the characters.
