Chapter 58

A Small Gift

"What do you think he is doing right now?" The girl said. "He would be mostly sleeping right?"

"Oh do not worry, I got him into a position where he could not sleep even if he wanted to." Desto said. "Now, I am going to check now. So, please if I go away, know that I gone to hunt for him."

"Alright be safe." She said while waving goodbye to him.

Desto walked towards the cell where they were supposed to keep Akaz in, but then, once he saw the huge hole he put into the wall, he noticed that all chains were not attached to something, but still closed, and the pole was very still. He then got his gift from the minister himself, something that was from the first tenno that ever landed near the Sevaeric capital. The warframe of Chroma. The suit was all black, while the markings were brighter than the sun, but it was all Ice, surrounding him, causing frigid winds to blow out of it. He handed the Legion like he was told to, and thought to himself; "Its all over for you.. Now."

"Desto... What in the living hell is that.."

"Remember when you used to slap me many times when Dad said I would get a gift?" Desto said while she nodded and lightly tapped the warframe by the shoulder. "Appearantly, this was the first Tenno to ever make the mistake of messing with our empire."

"It is... really cold." She complained while shivering and getting back away from him. "Does it have to do with your little manhunt- Oh sorry if I said it wrong, a Dragon hunt?"

"This will be perfect, the species hates cold temperatures, and if I get close enough to him, I should be able to avenge our father, without much work." Desto said while rubbing his two metallic hands together.

-Tenno? You were off my scanners before, but now... I sense you.-

"Stupid Lotus." Desto complained.

"Who is this Lotus, you speak of?" She asked.

"Oh, I do not know." Desto replied. "Most likely the leader of the Tenno, or at least the right hand woman of the leader. Never mind, I have got to go, its getting late into the night." Desto set off, running out of the village, desperately searching for Akaz. The girl waved him goodbye, and went back into the place where they usually pray for the prime minister to come back, but that was not going to happen anytime soon.


"Look up there.. That will be your one hint in solving this mystery." Elise notified. "I know this is quite hard on you, but whatever it takes, you will come to your senses."

"What does this moon on this dark night have to do with my father?" I asked. "Did the Lunar vault kill him?"

"Of course not. He can control it for god's sake." Elise said. "He died, by a human who outsmarted him and when he put up a fight, lost to him immediately."

"How!?" I yelled in anger. "Please tell me how that is possible."

"He had a huge resistance towards the Lunar vault, and to be honest, Equinox would've razed the lunar city without his help." Elise explained quietly, whispering near my head. "However, you carry his blessing now. Some of them have been spying on you, recording your movement, health, and your actions for decades, until we got here."

"What... the heck?" I quietly said.

"One record says you were a infant, just born out of Crohnti's womb, and then you literally started a massacre, and erased some people out of existence. One year later, the link between your oculus and you strengthened, and you did your work as a Tenno, taking down a Razorback. That is no ordinary feat."

"That was because I had to." I responded.

"Lastly, just listen to this." Elise asked Akaz, while he stopped glowing and spoke out word for word of what the archive said. "Akaz, who saw a glimpse of the executed tenno, came through, and helped taking down the Sevaeric capital. He tried to at least spare some lives among the way, making sure that he was precise with his movement. None of us, not even any of the rival empires could take the Sevaeric down, even with us teaming together, but he shown something that was extraordinary for his age. While the Tenno worked to disable and completely destroy the death beam, he took the highest man in that nation, down to his knees, and his limp body was forever seen, as a piece of evidence for what he has done. He escaped the area quickly, but then once he managed to get to the outskirts of the Capital, a strange Archon fell from the sky, holding him while he was still experiencing complications from the Minister's gun. The Archon then walked him away to a a weird looking-"

"Wait a minute.. Strange Archon?" I thought out loud. "They did not know Davoskis?"

"Yes, and you did what was right." Elise said. "Cmon, I know you like the light shining on your black scales." She said while walking away, and resting on a nearby rock, having one eye open looking straight at the full moon and at times, the stars. I warmly smiled at Elise as she slept, and watched the full moon, which was gleaming with its divine light. My wings were now spread out, as i sat almost like a dog, but with my tail curving almost around my feet. I looked at my blood tainted claws, seeing the kills I managed to score while I was out there on the capital of Acron. Hopefully Rhenka and Equinox were doing alright. Some Cedran said that fight between Cedran and Acron, were hugely disastrous, some ending with a smoldering planet, with no way for humans to even survive, reducing the land to nothing but ash and lava.

My eyes were now fully focused on the night sky, as the thought of snow, and trees with a lush land was erased from my thoughts temporarily. I thought about what I used to do, the Lotus was not too fond of me, but when she did assign me to a certain task, I did not let her down, as I would've made sure there were no survivors, and then leaving no remains of the ship either. The Stalker, always said he would punish me for killing some of the high ranking targets, but he seemed to never come, until I first stepped on Tyl's sea lab. Zanuka was a pushover, and so was the assassin made by Alad V. He had his flaws, but now he is a infested maniac, tainted with the infested, while his ring around his neck was almost like a mind control device.

Then I began to feel some tapping coming from my front right leg, and when my eyes broke focus from the moon to assess the feeling, my mind realized that it was just Sernos, wanting to be lifted up from my neck, and let him get right onto my back. The thought of the Second moon was a huge nightmare, since what I had to do to save Cera, was just rage inducing, wanting me to split this mountain in half. Maybe even fours, since it usually ticked me off because of the conflict in that frozen territory, and what the dream related to Equinox's dimension. The air around me was silent, as only the light, but brisk wind pushed against me. It would kind of remind me of Coby or Roast. Those two foxes made sure I did not lose my soul within a universal dream. Once the wind stopped, I began hearing metallic footsteps, similar to when I used to operate warframe, my favorite being Inaros. Baro Ki'teer was almost like a acolyte to the legend. and now the full cycle of sand and scarabs filled me with hope. Baro Ki'teer also did at one time.

The footsteps came a bit closer, as the wind intensified and got a bit colder. This was very strange, as I noticed my movement of my limbs began getting a bit slower, and the ice would eventually poke at my scales each second that passed. Then a roar was heard, not from Elise, me or Sernos, but when it did finally come up, it was a strange person, who came up to the mountain.

"There are wild Chroma here?"

"Wrong again, you cold blooded lizard." Desto said while stomping on the ground while he held the Lesion in his hand. "You should've thought twice before unchaining yourself with those chains, and now, it is time for you to experience what the Minister experienced."

I looked around, trying to locate Elise and Sernos, but it seemed like the footsteps that quietly trailed away was them, so that was how I knew they were safe.

"So, you are now using a warframe without being a Tenno.." "Yep, this is going to be quick and painless."

He roared two times, one casting a white aura, that surrounded the mountain, and another that I could recognize as the Vex armor. I thought that he was trying to match my strength by doing so, but it seemed like all he wanted was to overpower me, and make sure that my claws and my own abilities could not affect him at all. What one of the Tenno said about the Chroma, was that depending on the color, that was what element it was using. The aura was white, so that was all ice, and now the ice had enveloped him like a statue, but he still moved a lot, towards me.

"I do not know what you are thinking, for me lowering myself to one of the Sevaeric.." I said. "But now that time, is over. If you want to kill me, then I will put up everything I got to stop you from doing so. Come at me, Desto."

He grunted, and began spraying a very intense stream of frost all over me, as he thought that he could use my weakness, but right now, it was not, since I have faced times where the ice was cold enough to knock me out, so none of that affected me. He stopped blowing the ice onto me, and while the white wind was obscuring my vision, he punched me in the leg, making it tilt backwards, but I quickly got up. You need this more than I do. Equinox said within my mind, as the oculus that was mentioned before came back to me. The black orb spiraled around my tail as I began firing spheres of dark energy, while the darkness spiraled around the object. It homed after Desto, and hit him square on, but that was when I messed up, as his armor intensified. I began standing up on my hind legs, and held my Tyunasis, aiming straight for his head, and shot him square on, causing him to be at fatal condition, but the vex armor and the elemental ward stayed while its energy was sucked out and then went into me. He then kicked me to the sky, but then I swooped down as Desto came rushing at me while I was in midair.

When he came close enough, I quickly grabbed him with my front leg, and began crushing him, as I shown him who dominated. I quickly flew down, going at dangerous speeds plummeting towards the mountain, as I drove him through the ground while I impacted, causing the mountain to be split apart, and rich magma sprouted out as I dropped him into it. I was also sprayed by the golden lava, but when my body came in contact, it stayed there, not burning or killing me, just leaving a warm sensation all around my body. I stood upon an edge upon the broken mountain, on the piece on the left, and perched on the edge, standing up and roaring, as my instinct told me to. Elise came to me with Sernos watching me, and then carried me down from the mountain.

"And that is what you are." Elise said. "You are a Dragon, who has Human reasoning and has been one, and all your life, has been for good, not to weep because of a few target's families."

"Thank you Elise.." I thanked her while hugging her while I was standing on my hind legs, and wrapping my huge arms around her waist. "Thank you for understanding."

(Lets get on with this! getting to about 6/20 completion of this story, and or if you would like to be exact, 29/100! Its like me playing GTA V and you see that you do campaign and so many campaign heists, but one give you tons of money, others do not do so well! Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and I will be seeing you next time on the next chapter! )