Chapter Seven- In aeternum te amabo "I will love you for all eternity"
"David, my love for you will never fade.. I hope one day you will remember the promise we made once this is all over" -Enali Raku to David Hargreaves in a letter left in a box on Earth
Unknown Location, Mercury
Enali scrambled to her feet, checking her ammo counter as her ability meter filled up.
"Enali, you think we are ready?" Salem asked, replacing his helm.
Enali looked over at her friend and smiled, giving him a thumbs up.
"oh we are more than ready to handle this, i have a feeling we will be able to make it through unscathed"
Halima dusted off her voidfang vestments.
"Why did you give these to me?" she asked looking over.
Enali looked to the roof, thumbing the blade on the end of her Red Death. She took a deep breath before looking back over to Halima.
"My mother was a warlock of great integrity. She handled situations with great ease" she said flashing a smile, "Halima, you are my dearest friend and my most trusted advisor, i felt that i owed you something that was as important to me as you are"
Halima looked down, noting the Queens colors that tainted most of the armor and cloth.
Enali's ghost looked over to her, twisting on its axis as if thinking.
"Enali, according to records, your mother was to be the former Queens Successor before Mara Sov was born"
Both Halima and Salem looked to Enali with shock.
"That would have placed you as the Queen of The Awoken after your mother, even though you arent full awoken"
Enali lowered her head. She knew all this already, as she knew her mother, but could never find anything on her father.
Pounding echoed across the room folowed by screeches of hungry thrall. Enali looked towards the door.
"Enough about my past, lets focus on getting the fuck out of here" she said placing her helmet on her head.
"Ability is up" Halima said noting the arc energy that was racing across the top of her arms.
Enali nodded, Halima and Salem stacking up on either side of her, guns locked and loaded ready to wipe out the threat that stood outside the door.
"Ghost, kick the door" she said.
Her ghost pulled the lock on the door, disappearing as the massive walls slid open. Every thrall that was there twisted their heads, looking at the three guardians that had dared to reveal themselves before releasing a glass shattering battlecry.
Enali was the first to activate her new ability, fully drawing her voidbow before releasing the bows that bound the thrall to their places.
Halima was next, her body levitating from the floor as arc energy flooded from her palms racing down the tethers of Enali's Void energy essentially disentegrating nearly half the thrall that were before them.
Salem smirked behind his helmet as a hammer of flame formed in his right hand, causing the entire hall to light up. He raised it above his head before throwing it full force into the mass of thrall that remained.
As their abilities disappeared, a guardian walked towards them, clapping.
"Well done guardains of the light, especially you Enali. i am so proud of the guardian you have become!"
Enali pushed with her left foot, charging at Kalos but he was only a hologram.
"Tsk Tsk Enali, i would have thought better of my former student" Kalos's hologram said before shifting his gaze to the other two, "Salem and Halima... Ah, i never got to really spend much time with either of you when i was of the light, but now, i shall spend my time trying to drag you three into my fold"
Salem scoffed, holding up his left hand.
"Mine and Halima's allegiance is to Enali and the Light. Our job.. To burn your Darkness away and end this war once and for all"
Halima nodded, raising her hand cannon.
"We do not fear you nor your master"
"But what of your lover Enali, What was his name? David?" Kalos said smirking.
Enali barred her teeth at Kalos, clenching her fists.
"You leave him out of this, he has nothing to do with it!" she screamed, void energy flowing from her body like a dark aura.
"Oh but i beg to differ, he is the key to all of this, to our grand plan, to our final fight"
The void aura around Enali grew and raged like a fire, causing a pressure to be put on Salem and Halima, bringing them to their knees.
"Thats it Enali, release all the rage, give into the Darkness and Join me!" Kalos yelled.
The void energy quickly turned from void to arc and solar.
Kalos smirked, clapping.
"I couldnt do it but you.. you the half breed managed to tap into all three elements at the same time" Kalos said snapping his fingers as several knights appeared behind his hologram.
"Take care of them and bring me their souls" he said before he disappeared entirely.
Enali screamed, drawing a bow that pulsed with energy.
Salem tackled Halima back into the room the had just came from, his helmet maintaining a camera angle on Enali.
Enali pulled back, releasing the wild energy from her bow, watching as waves of void, arc, and solar energy burned through the knights, leaving a hole into the next room.
Enali fell to her knees as the energy aroudn her faded, tears tapping against he faceplate.
"DAMNIT!"
Enali breathed heavily, her bio monitors flashign red. it was but a moment before her ghost appeared.
"Enali, you need to calm down... its not safe for the baby" it said, applying her suits cooling applicants.
Salem helped Enali into the room, sitting her down against the wall.
"Enali, we are not going to leave you alone, we are her to serve you.." he said as he knelt beside her.
"Salem is right Enali, our allegiance is to you and no one else"
Enali pulled her helm, the tears flowing now.
"Ive lost everything and im about to lose more.. David and I.. i have no choice anymore, i have to let him go, for his own good..." she said, touching the ring he had given her not long ago.
Halima sighed, pulling Enali into a hug.
"Dont worry sweetie, we will figure out a way to help" she said looking over at Salem who nodded in agreement.
Enali wiped her face, smiling at her friends.
"thank you guys.." she replied.
Footsteps echoed off in the distance getting louder with each step, the slight hum of a Ghost making a distinct echo.
They replaced their helmets, standing to their feet as they moved to the door. Upon entering the hall, they were met by David.
Enali took a deep breath as Salem moved to her front.
" Well look who's here", said Salem. " How did you get here?".
" Some friend of yours in the jungle told me. Little Fallen called Variks. Why did you come here?". Enali backed up slowly and very nervously, looking from side to side.
" Just a normal patrol, nothing more", said Salem.
" And the Hive were here, why?".
" Must have been hidden in here. Probably some ancient brood", replied Harima. " Listen, we're on a mission, so could you go back to the Tower?".
" You're not my captain Harima", said David, his Ghost mocking a nod in agreement.
" David, come with me", said Enali, leading him outside.
" So she's his captain now?", asked Harima.
" Well, I think I know what's she's planning. And it's not good".
" Why are we out here?", asked David, looking around. " It's a barren wasteland".
" We're out here because you need to listen to me".
" Well what else am I going to do?".
" Forget me".
" What?", he asked, placing a hand on his hand cannon.
" Variks told you what you needed to hear. You need to follow your own path. Let's just hope our paths cross again one day, huh?".
" What are you saying?".
" Goodbye". She rushed forward, zapping him with the eraser. He hit the ground like a sack of bricks, groaning and unconscious. She knelt down to his manipulator, and sent him off to the Tower.
" So, what did you do to him?", asked her Ghost.
" Made him forget me. Every memory of me and Halima and Salem. I'll do the same to Lux and Haek when we get back to the Tower".
" Should I take us back up to the ship?".
" Yes", she said, looking out onto Mercury's surface, before returning to the Shadow Fang.
Shadow Fang, Orbit Around Mercury
Enali removed her armor, retreating to her quarters inside the ship.
"What now mistress.." her ghost asked.
"We head back to the tower to drop some stuff off before i leave permanently.." she said as she made her way to the shower, turning the water on.
Her ghost spun around on its axis before disappearing to the mess hall.
Salem poured a glass of whiskey, sliding it over to Halima.
"Our trips from here on out are going to be that much harder. We still have to figure out how to keep a baby safe in all this chaos" he said taking a sip of his own drink.
Halima nodded, taking he glass gently between her hands.
"Salem, how do we deal with Enali.." she asked as she took a sip.
"What do you mean?" Salem replied.
"This is going to hit Enali hard sooner or later and she is going to crack.. I mean David and her were to be married but the fact of this damn prophecy is going to kill her till she can see him again.. Should we"
"I have already adhered to mistress Enali's plan" her ghost said, looking down upon Salem and Halima.
"Do tell oh little ball of light" Salem said.
"Mistress Enali has already devised a plan to keep her mind from spiralling out of control and it involves using the memory eraser in the middle of the tower once we return. It will remove her memory of David and wipe her memory from everyone else withing the tower. She will be rememberd through only legends, through reports and other various tales"
Halima whistled, downing her drink.
"So thats how.."
"But i will retain her memory of david until she is to activate me once more"
"Activate you once more?"
"Enali is placing me in hibernation until the day is needed for her to return and use me once more.."
Salem sighed and held up his glass.
"Heres to the long years ahead..."