Chapter Thirteen- Ghosts Of The Past Part Three: Enali The Terror
"Are you ready to face the nightmare?" -Enali Raku
Torture Chamber, Cabal Base, Detroit Michigan
Jack watched Enali hang there by the chains as the fallen vandals prepared themselves for their luscious bounty. Jack was somewhat disgusted by the slave trading vandals.
"Tch, couldnt he have just killed her, this would have been a lot better" Jack whispered as the lights started to flicker, "guess ill go check the damn generators"
Jack wandered off, leaving the fallen to do their thing. He didnt want to be there for the mass orgy that was going to take place anyway.
"Jack, where are you going?" Mira asked.
Mira was a new recruit to his cause. Short, green hair, violet eyes. She was newbie, to almost everything.
"Power is fluctuating, why dont you go sit in and watch the proceedings, you may can even get in on it if you like that stuff anyway" Jack said as he shoved his way past her.
Mira sighed and twirled a knife in her palm. She hated working with Jack, she preferred to be by Kalos's side. She peered through the door, watching the vandals running their tongues on Enali's skin as she hung there.
"Sickening creatures..." she whispered as she crept into the room.
She watched for a few more moments before she saw a faint red glow form on each of Enali's forearms, growing brighter with each passing second.
"Jack, we have an issue here" she radioed in.
"What is it?" he replied as he sat looking at the generators.
"There are markings appearing on the girls skin, glowing red. I cant make out what one of them is, but the other one looks like a royal awoken seal"
Jack threw down a wrench and pushed the cabal bystanders away as he started running, "Mira, get out of there now!"
But it was too late. The lights shut off, causing the emergency doors to activate, sealing the pathway into the torture room. All comms systems were also cut off.
"Jack?!" Mira called out as she banged on the door, the vandals in the room going berserk.
It was only a moment after that the comms blasted with a horrid scream.
"You asked me to peer into the darkness that loomed within" a voice called out.
Mira looked around before her eyes landed on Enali whose head was raised, her eyes pulsating with void energy. Mira scrambled back to the door, sinking against it.
"You took a name that held honor and standing among the people and turned it into a name to be feared?!" the voice boomed, "Well, I ask you this question Jack The Ripper… Are you ready to face the real nightmare?"
With that Enali's chains snapped and she fell to the ground, landing on her feet, void energy surrounding her body.
"Jack LET ME OUT!" Mira screamed as she repeatedly pounded the door.
Enali grabbed the nearest vandal by the neck, craning her head as she watched it disintegrate to nothing but ashes.
"Please… dont kill me...i had nothing to do with it" Mira pleaded as Enali marched towards her.
"Everyone with ties to my brothers are considered my enemy and as such must perish, but I will have a little fun with you my little Dark Guardian" Enali said smirking as she touched Mira's armor causing it to vanish.
Mira tried to cover herself from Enali's view but it was too late. Enali had her by the hair, pulling her up so that they were face to face.
Enali ran her fingers along Mira's privates before raising her fingers to her mouth to lick them, "For a dark one you taste pretty nice, but not nice enough for my taste"
With this, Enali tossed Mira to the side towards the vandals, "Here have your way with this one, then kill her"
Hall of Guardians, The Tower
Cayde filtered through incoming reports of energy spikes across the planet. One caught his eye. A strong void energy spike in Detroit.
"Well, looks like we have something worth investigating" he said as he looked over to a small hunter that sat on a stack of boxes.
The hunter hopped down, running over to him.
"Aracela, you and Fireteam Umbra do me a favor and go investigate this for me. The last time we had an energy spike like this anywhere was on Mars at The Black Garden"
The young hunter nodded, "Could this have anything to do with the Hunter from the reports?"
Cayde sighed, "I would hope but according to the reports, im a little confused as to who this hunter even is. All the files say she has done nothing but help our cause, but she is like a phantom"
Aracela nodded taking the file and picture of what the hunter supposedly looks like.
"You helped me long ago, now its my turn to help you" Aracela whispered to herself as she motioned for her team to join her, "Isaac, Yuri, Miku, Eren, we are headed to Detroit to investigate a void spike"
"Wouldnt they want to send a more balanced group… Like say a team that isnt all hunters" Yuri said as she popped a bubble from her chewing gum.
"We are Master Caydes personal team, I think we are best suited for this, besides, why send a titan to do a hunters job" Isaac said as he patted Aracela's back.
"Alright, visit the quartermaster, gear up, we are leaving in ten" Aracela said as she motioned for Isaac to follow her.
"Whats up?" Isaac asked.
Aracela handed him the file and picture. Isaac looked at the photo then over at Aracela.
"Is that her? The hunter that helped you out?" he asked as he handed them back to her.
Willow nodded, "Yea, but im kind of afraid.. The records show her having had a relationship with the famous warlock David but then most everything is blacked out, like something is missing or was intended to be left out"
Isaac rubbed his beard, humming to himself.
"I think I know what happened, but I will want everyone present to explain this. If what I think happened then we need to be very careful when and if we encounter her"
Aracela nodded stashing the files.
Umbra's Flux, En Route to Detroit
Aracela gathered everyone around the table.
"Isaac has a theory as to why our target is missing from everyone but my memory"
Isaac pulled up a hologram of a strange device.
"The memory eraser.. parts of it Dark.. parts of it Light.." he said as he pulled up another, "When activated on a person, it erases the wielders person from the touched persons memory, throwing all memories collectively into a singular orb"
Eren stared at the device, "By transit anyone in the vicinity, correct?"
Miku shook her head, "The wielder has the ability to choose whose memory gets erased and whos doesnt"
Aracela smiled. Her team was young but very bright.
"we have the opportunity to save a hunter of great importance" she said as she pulled up a holopicture of David and Enali, "Enali Raku, Half Human and Half Awoken, no one in the tower remembers her as she used the memory eraser and its safe to say she probably used it on David"
Yuri closed her eyes before placing her hands on the table.
"How do you know that the void spike is from her? Hunters are either Solar or Arc"
Eren laughed as he flung a picture onto the holo-projector.
"The Nightstalker, one of the most dangerous forms of the hunter, no possessed by her. Also add the fact that she has the mark of the awoken.." he said before stopping, "Aracela, pull the camera..."
The video cameras popped up displaying a current video of void shrouded figure burning through fallen vandals.
"Shit, thats her! And that mark, its something only royal awoken have or get… Aracela are you sure we want to do this?" Eren said looking over at her.
Aracela looked at the picture then at the video.
"Umbra, we are going in" she said turning to her ghost, "Take us in"
Upper Levels, Cabal Base, Detroit
Enali pieced her armor to her body, before placing her helmet over her head. She slung her Red Death over her shoulders as she picked up a few small packs of food.
She took a deep breath, triggering a recording.
"This is Enali Raku, Huntress Elite and Vanguard Warrior. I am starting a recording which I will drop in a base in South America once my time here is finished. This is to log the information I will see and have seen. Each fight from here on out will be recorded" she said as she felt a tear run down her face.
"I have endured a lot of things in my captivity here, most notably the utter betrayal of my brother Jack who has sided with the Dark Guardians. Also I have learned that the Vanguard plan something at some point in the future… I cannot say for sure but my mother made references"
She heard a rock move behind her. She turned slowly, coming to face Jack.
"Well sister, glad to see you didnt die"
Enali tapped her gauntlet, watching a timer start.
"What the fuck is that?!"
"The timer to the end my dearest brother..." Enali smirked as she pulled her Red Death from her back.
"Pfft you could only dream of taking me down" Jack retorted as he motioned for several fallen guards to move in.
"Ill see you in hell sister"
Jack disappeared.
"tch" Enali gripped Red Death in one hand and a knife in the other.
The fallen vandals charged her as she sprayed bullets through their helmets, slicing their throats as she ran.
"Nyxx, I need transport now!" Enali screamed into her comms.
The only thing returned was static.
Enali ran, taking out vandal after vandal as she made her way towards the upper levels. Tears started streaming down her face as she thought on everything that had happened over the course of her life, for once she was truly scared.
"Umbra Leader contacting Unknown Hunter, please respond" a voice cracked in her helms speakers.
"This is Enali Raku, with whom am I speaking" she replied as she sliced yet another vandal down.
"This is Aracela Cruce, leader of Fireteam Umbra, Master Cayde sent us to inspect a void energy flux" the voice replied.
Enali smiled a little. How she missed Cayde and his smartass.
"Are you where you can transmat?" Aracela asked as sounds of gunfire echoed over the comms.
Enali looked around noticing a hole in the roof.
"Yeah, I am on the south quadrant of the.."
"Got ya, prepare to be pulled in" another voice echoed.
Then all was gone.
Enali looked around, seeing the inside of a ship.
"Well, the elusive hunter, the most Legendary Hunter since Shin Malphur.." Aracela said as she stepped up behind Enali.
Enali turned to see a young girl.
"You helped me, now its my turn to help you, off the records..."
Enali tilted her head as she studied the little girl and the other hunters that gathered behind her.
"You gave me the glimmer long ago, its time I repaid that debt"
Enali's eyes widened as she finally remembered who the little girl was.
"Master Cayde sent us to inspect the flux but I think we have a better mission now" Yuri said as she poked her head from behind Isaac.
"But your all just kids, how..."
"We may be kids but we have risen in rank within the vanguard" Eren said as he crossed his arms.
"Also, we work for no one but Master Cayde, you could say we are his personal shadow team" Miku said as she handed Enali a holopad, "We were formed for the purpose of investigating things without the Vanguard and Consensus's permission, we are strictly Black Ops"
Enali looked at each of the kids. She couldnt help but admire them for their courage and tenacity.
"Well then, shall we get started? I have a meeting with my contact in South America"